The big thing for this season is to get to know Sarah G and also to do the qualifying passages demanded by the entry requirements of the AZAB. This is going to be twice the work for us as we will have different crew on the outward and return legs.
I will probably look to take a week off in June and do some sort of triangle with Matthew, my Brother and Audrey and I will have to do a long passage as part of our regular holiday, currently scheduled for August.
Bargain of the Christmas period was an EPIRB with GPS. I found it on the Mailspeed (no affiliations here) website. It is a posh one with built in GPS but was half price owing to the fact that it was one year into it's five year lifespan. Now all I need to do is find a similar bargain for an AIS transponder and all the expensive electronic expenditure will be done leaving us free to spend money on stuff that really matters.
We will go down to Emsworth on Monday and see how she looks and make sure the engine has survived the trauma of the recent cold weather.
Oh yes, time for another picture methin
ks! You can see some of the chips in the gelcoat that need repairing in this one.The other thing to get our attention at the moment is the Aries Windvane. I have been looking at it recently and it is not as badly off as it originally looked. None of it seems to be seized thankfully. Nick Franklin has a web site with some notes on how to refurbish them that talks about the violent things you have to do if the main bearings on the servo shaft are seized. They do not seem to be seized though I am sure they need some attention. We need a new vane but that will be easy enough to make and it needs a thorough clean as well as having the lines replaced. It is a brilliant bit of kit. It weighs a ton and, according to the web site has only about 80 odd parts. We will have to spend a lot of time getting used to it though I am sure.
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