Category Archives: Kalida

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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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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Wednesday in the yard

We’re starting to get busy though, in hindsight, perhaps not busy enough. In the early morning I spent some time researching travel options for Sam. In the end, the best flight I could find was via Fiji of all places. … Continue reading

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Back to Taveuni

Once we had enough light to see we raised our anchor, set the sails and headed off to the pass out of the lagoon. Inside the lagoon we were flying over moderately flat water. We knew the pass was more … Continue reading

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4th Thursday on the hard

I hope this is our last full day ‘status’ report of life on the hard. There’s an expression : “Life is hard in the yard.” It’s true. Wrote a launch checklist.  Having played around with the underwater bits I want … Continue reading

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