Nerves abound as we amputate bits off the new Highfield dinghy
Friday 15 Nov, HHN day 35: Making dinghy secure to davits, moving to shelter prior to impending Nor’easter and a shock review of our credit card spending! Today’s plan was to start…
Friday 15 Nov, HHN day 35: Making dinghy secure to davits, moving to shelter prior to impending Nor’easter and a shock review of our credit card spending! Today’s plan was to start…
Thursday 14 Nov, HHN day 34: The day starts badly but when the sails are back on and boat tidy again, we are reinvigorated. IT disaster strikes. My laptop refuses to wake…
Wednesday 13 Nov, HHN day 33: A very full day of stowing all our new goodies. We awake still aground sitting in 2.4m of water. It’s quite a step up to the…
Tuesday 12 Nov, HHN day 32: Bitterly cold day. New dinghy davit strops spliced, cockpit tent up, engine room work completed … then we “run” aground. In the early hours the predicted…
Monday 11 Nov, HHN day 31: last warm day for a while, so full-on outside jobs. Hydraulic motors finally go back in the furlers, halyards up the mast, bird avoidance devices removed…
Sunday 10 Nov, HHN day 30: All day trying to get the burnt clingfilm off the furlers. Evening is toilet tasks. Next big job, on the path to sailing again, is to…
Saturday 9 Nov, HHN day 29: Sold the Avon dinghy, new lifting points fitted to the Highfield, feedwater pump rebuilt and twin Dysons mounted. Avon dinghy has been advertised in various places…
Friday 8 Nov, HHN day 28: We go to Washington DC to vote and to attend a basketball game. As anticipated, the lapping was awful so not much sleep despite wearing the…