Ready to launch …. but not enough water
Wednesday 6 Nov, HHN day 26: A day of bits and pieces, but no launching. We are up early so we can meet the launching crew immediately as they start work at…
Wednesday 6 Nov, HHN day 26: A day of bits and pieces, but no launching. We are up early so we can meet the launching crew immediately as they start work at…
Tuesday 5 Nov, HHN day 25: Last jobs under the boat then a big tidy up ready to launch. And finally we unpack the new outboard and Highfield dinghy and introduce them…
Monday 4 Nov, HHN day 24: Watermaker feedwater pump dismantled, ceramic Pro applied above waterline and final piping reinstated to the engine room new sea-cocks. Today’s missions are to conquer the polishing…
Sunday 3 Nov, HHN day 23: Polishing the hull and fixing the upper rudder bearing. It’s going to be a wooly hat day again, Glen cheerfully comments as he wakes up determined…
Saturday 2 Nov, HHN day 22: Boat anode bolt installed. We go wild on Amazon and the hull polishing exercise begins. Winter is definitely coming, this morning we found the rain water…
Friday 1 Nov, HHN day 21: Finishing touches on the antifouling, and more hoses get installed. Three weeks already since we landed back into USA, and we are still on the hard,…
Thursday 31 Oct, HHN day 20: Last thru-hulls installed and functional galley sink at long last. Same as yesterday, we set a slightly earlier waking up alarm so that we make the…
Wednesday 30 Oct, HHN day 19: Hoses getting re-installed and A LOT of time again wasted on a faulty galley faucet and mission-impossible to reinstall. More dreams (or nightmares) about thru-hulls, valves,…