Starting to rebuild rig components
Thu 22 Apr, HHN day 9: Finish cleaning dorade vents, start rebuilding rigging parts and second coat of beautification in engine room. What happens when you accidentally hit stop instead of snooze…
Thu 22 Apr, HHN day 9: Finish cleaning dorade vents, start rebuilding rigging parts and second coat of beautification in engine room. What happens when you accidentally hit stop instead of snooze…
Wed 21 Apr, HHN day 8: Take life-raft to service center, receive Santa’s gifts from HR-Parts, replace Volvo intake gaskets, paint engine room bilge area. The morning is fully taken up with…
Tue 20 Apr, HHN day 7: Today is forecast perfect warm weather, before a storm tomorrow and colder weather for the next week. So best to get out there in the fresh…
Mon 19 Apr, HHN day 6: Fixed the gas issue, painted stern tube, skateboard assisted life raft movement and other entertainments. After an hour or two of domestics, (post office, food shopping,…
Sun 18 Apr, HHN day 5: Cleaning prop-shaft, vinyl wrapping clutch bases, removing aquadrive, cleaning PSS pieces. For some reason, Sunday became a bit of a chill day. It was an active…
Sat 17 Apr, HHN day 4: It’s one of those rare days where you almost lose count of all the things you’ve achieved. Aft toilet serviced, 8 clutch bolts all removed, prop-shaft…
Fri 16 Apr, HHN day 3: Frustration in the engine room over the propeller shaft, fiddling job on the rope clutches and took delivery of our new drogue. Thankfully, I didn’t wake…
Thu 15 Apr, HHN, day 2: Quite a good start for the first day on the boat. Nice to be woken by the sound of spring with birds singing outside. And for…