Sailing around the World... ( Presently in Mackay, Australia, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 23 Jul 2010 22:40
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Friday 23rd July
2010
08.00hrs Another late morning, but who cares
, habbeeby, We are here in Australia, and it feels so good.
Outside its blowing skittles, but for us its lovely
and comforting to hear the wind whistling through the rigging and
all
the surrounding masts, plus all the flags
fluttering away in the extreme breeze, and
know that we are safely tied up to the marina..
It is bloody freezing cold, but bright and sunny,
with a saloon temperature of 17 degrees,
Aileen and Scotty took off in the bus to Mackay
Town, while Skipper tended to the boat and all the bits that need to be
done.
The Marina has a terrace of workshops, which house
all the different services, so this was the first port of call, as they
say.........
Skip, met Chris from the electronic co. and we
returned to the boat with some LED lights and checked then for
size,
He replaced the 2 lights on the boom, and also the
stern nav, light, and they worked very well and gave great light.
these were really a test to see what they looked
like. The 45 internal lights will have to be ordered
from N.Z. and have to be sent on to where ever we
are when they arrive. thats because they are 24v.....
Later we got hold of Mark and had further
discussions about the Generator, he has recieved so much conflicting info from
"Westerbeke", the engine manufacturers, that he is
stumped. so skip, suggested we start on monday and do a process of
elimination,
tackle each element on their own, and if necessary,
replace them, but this blinking thing has to be fixed before we move on from
here.
Later, John ( Scotty ) returned with a plastic box
the size of a coffin ,which he is going to fill with all his bits and
pieces
and send them back to the U.K. Scotty is
leaving the boat on Sunday night , meeting Little ollie ( the girlfriend ) and
doing a tour
of Australia in a camper van, before returning home
to England. We think he enjoyed his time on the boat and we certainly
enjoyed his.
At first, he was very quite, but really came to
light when Margaret joined the boat,
Aileen returned later and we all went to the Yacht
club for drinks and a BBQ,, the food was ok, but it was freezing cold,
anyway, we had a laugh and returned to the boat
much later, hit the scratchers, and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Thats it.
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( Skipper )
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