Another big weekend wrapped up this past weekend. The Z4 decided to suffer TWO flat tyres so having sorted that out, and picked up Lauren from her recent NZ trip, it was time to head down to the boat and crack on.
First up, having given it a good wash, we refitted the running rigging.
Next, I fitted some cleats to the spreaders so we don't have to wake up at 0300 to tie off clanging lines.
After that, I needed to reconnect the anchor [.....]
Well, another epic weekend completed and only 3.5 weeks to go. I've taken the blog down for the time being as I'm working my notice period (and don't need any grief from work) but I'll have the blog back up for our departure.
Anyways, with the rig down I had quite a few jobs to get done and "Hurricane" Grant was only around for one more weekend.
First up, I needed to get the ally mast steps fitted now while the rig was down. Who'd have [.....]
Where to start this week.... it's Monday night and I'm sitting back on the couch at our flat, in my dressing gown, ready for bed. At 5:30pm.
The weekend promised to be manic from the start - a haul out scheduled for Fri morn, then rigging, steering, and everything under the water needing to be cleaned up / fixed. Alas, it wasn't to be. After spending Thurs night prepping for hauling out, we were told bright & early on Friday morning it wasn't going to happen. Instead, [.....]
So here we go - six weeks to go and time is ticking away. We're still in the water as the yard has delayed us by a week, but the to-do is shrinking and we're still on track to leave on the 19th.
The weather wasn't looking amazing for the first part of the weekennd so I headed over to a friend's house and grabbed our spare sails. Their house has some size to it so I figured whilst we were stuck indoors, we might as well [.....]
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