September 5th, 29 degrees (Celcius that is) - rain and thunderstorms forecast for the next few week or so. Is the end of summer upon us?
The boat continues of course. Engineer came out, flushed engine, I made some changes, engineer came out again to check those changes, ran them both up - all systems go!
The to-do list is shrinking and growing on a weekly basis - movable objects have been more-or-less secured in preparation for sea trials and the electrics slightly reworked to remove reliance on shore power.
Sea trials were set to commence two weeks ago but with a storm forecast for the Saturday, the decision was made to wait for a [.....]