It is not as bad as it looks!

You have to have faith when you embark on a serious clean up, because things look worse before they look better! But what a relief – after weeks of boat maintenance culminating in the haul-out and sitting at the shipyard for 8 days, Take It Easy is back in the water, looking good and ready…

Sand-Tape-Paint

We were back on Take it Easy on the Melbourne Cup extra-long weekend to continue our boat maintenance marathon.  On the program: re-lining the cabin roof after the sail track leaks debacle, hand sanding the fiddly bits around the winches and other deck gear, undercoating, taping and painting. It sounds eminently doable in 5 days;…

Grand Plan for our Summer 2016-17 Cruise

Our boat maintenance marathon is far from over, with the painting of the decks delayed by family matters, and our haul out scheduled in mid November. However we want to turn our attention to far more exciting things ahead and share with you our sailing plans for the Summer.