Category Archives: New Zealand

2nd Thursday in the yard

Another busy day. Before getting out of bed I updated our main website (www.aboarddignity.com) removing the references to hybrid as that we no longer are. Probably once we’re up in Fiji and we’ve had some time on the new engines … Continue reading

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2nd Wednesday in the yard

In the morning I reordered Sam’s PC. Perhaps someone was sabotaging our Dell order but in the end it gave us a breather to rethink things. As this is to help Sam improve his skills with graphic design while aboard … Continue reading

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2nd Tuesday in the yard

Welding has been done. Spent a fair bit of time disconnecting the solar panels and bimini lighting cable and drawing them up the inside of the pole they run down leaving a sacrificial cable in their place. Didn’t want them … Continue reading

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2nd Monday in the yard

It’s already been a week here in New Zealand. Time really flies. Apart from the first couple of days the weather has been pretty good. We’ve slowly adjusted to the new time zone and for the last 2-3 days have … Continue reading

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Sunday in the yard

We had very little breeze in the morning so we were able to complete the stainless steel testing. The results for the forward port support were also encouraging. Having tested the key areas we now need to run the pictures … Continue reading

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