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2nd Wednesday on the hard

Posted on April 6, 2011 by steve

The threatened variable weather varied from the forecast by staying steadily pleasant all day long. We got back into full swing : I removed more of the batteries from under the starboard aft bunk to allow access to the shaft. … Continue reading →

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2nd Tuesday on the hard

Posted on April 5, 2011 by steve

The run of good weather has finally broken. Tuesday was a crazy day alternating between blue skies, freezing rains and gale force winds. While we pushed on with our task list we lost a little momentum almost certainly due to … Continue reading →

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2nd Monday on the hard

Posted on April 4, 2011 by steve

These blog titles are getting a little boring but the muse is not with me on them. Although we were forecast rain, it never materialized (in fact, Whangarei was the hottest place in the country) so progress remained good.  We … Continue reading →

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2nd Sunday on the hard

Posted on April 3, 2011 by steve

This is becoming more and more like a status report. Items completed Sunday … Sanded port prop / shaft Ascended mast (using fixed bosun’s chair) to file down halyard crane.  Inspected chaffing on code zero halyard while up there Fixed … Continue reading →

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2nd Saturday on the hard

Posted on April 2, 2011 by steve

The run of fine weather continues and Saturday was another busy day albeit after a late start as we’d both overslept. First was a trip to the chandlers. There’s usually a few extra things we need to support that day’s … Continue reading →

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