Monthly Archives: March 2012

The goal is to get out of here

Posted on March 6, 2012 by steve

As much as we like Whangarei, the rest of the world is out there to discover. But to get out of here, we’ve got to get our work done. So it was back to getting busy. So, in no particular … Continue reading →

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Overall, a grand day

Posted on March 5, 2012 by steve

Shortly after our successful sea (river) trial David and Marian from Kilkea showed up for a brief visit. We decided to eat lunch at Reva’s overlooking the river. Having overfed ourselves to only option was to walk it all off … Continue reading →

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Sea (River) Trial a Success

Posted on March 4, 2012 by steve

All is good. All bar one of my perceived issues I managed to resolve before the techs arrived. The crazy A/C control went sane when Bertrand was watching. We went down the river for 45 mins and then returned trying … Continue reading →

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Balancing Act

Posted on March 4, 2012 by steve

As the bad weather came through we did manage a fair bit of down time on Saturday. However, we did spend much of the morning being fairly busy. We moved the rest of our disconnected and spare batteries from the … Continue reading →

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Back in the water

Posted on March 3, 2012 by steve

The last morning in the yard continued to be a busy one. I attached four more batteries onto the house bank bringing it up to eight our of usual twelve. Three of the newly attached batteries were sitting on top … Continue reading →

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