Cloudy has a gas problem
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,…
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…
Wed 14 Apr: Today, I’m flying back to Cloudy Bay after 5 months of winter hibernation in Bucharest. What did we do all that time? Maintenance planning, cooking (Oana) eating (Glen), learning…
Wednesday 18 Nov, HHN, last day of winterization (day 49): Temperature is sitting at freezing point this morning, and I can tell you it was not much higher inside the boat! So,…
Tuesday 17 Nov, HHN, boat winterizing day 48: Back in the warm days of October, I had thought that if Covid somehow delayed my return to Bucharest, I possibly wouldn’t mind too…