Sun 6 Jun, HHN day 54: Cleaning, tidying, packing, and dramatic departure. My flight departs Washington (Dulles) at 11:15pm, so I have all day to get everything shipshape and clean, but still…
Sat 5 Jun, HHN day 53: Last full working day on Cloudy Bay. Painting lockers & boards, buying fridges (!), finalizing hot water tank, and fixing (or rather breaking) new mirrors and…
Fri 4 Jun, HHN day 52: Painting bow anchor chain locker, reinstalling hot water cylinder, and saying my goodbyes. Up early today. It is only 3 days left and I finally found…
Thu 3 Jun, HHN day 51: Cleaned bow anchor chain locker ready for painting, and made a chain diverter. Installed mouse-lines into mast electric conduits. Slow day today. It promised to be…
Wed 2 Jun, HHN day 50: Volvo exhaust elbow cleanup reveals pin-hole corrosion. And gas locker beautification, in celebration of our five year anniversary of ownership. Late up this morning after the…
Tue 1 Jun, HHN day 49: Deep bilge cleaned. Diesel fuel tanks polished, hydraulic oil renewed. Hot water tank out, again. You know, there is great merit to having a boat with…
Mon 31 May, HHN day 48: A day of tying up loose ends. Finalise steering pedestal project, boom spray cover and outhaul car. Removed gas locker lid, fix small leak on water…
Sun 30 May, HHN day 47: More electrical work on the steering pedestal: dimmer switch conquered thanks to Giorgio, and USB socket installed. In the evening taken to dinner by Gerret and…