Our boxes were picked up slightly earlier than we planned so we were all done by 8:30. John from Passages came over at 9:30 to be on the boat to take her over to the maintenance yard. As it turned out, the wind kicked up a stink and we were unable to move the boat on Tuesday. As ever, this turned out to be good for us as it kept us close to town for the day. It also allowed Helen and I to pop over to Passages to say goodbye to Pam. There’s a chance we’ll see her today but we’d prefer to say goodbye twice rather than not at all. They are flying to Asia next week so it’s a full goodbye for us all.<\/p>\n

Sam returned from his Greenpeace training yesterday (he has a job there) and we spent most of the afternoon and evening together having dinner aboard together. In the evening we also managed to sell our sea anchor which is only of interest to planners of long passages. We’re particular pleased as most of the folks here are coastal sailors and hence less likely to be interested in it.<\/p>\n

At 6:15 this morning (Wednesday) Jason from the shipwrights dinghied over to help us come over to the yard. At that time of the morning the wind was light. John from Passages joined us for the very short (<1km) motor over to the yard. It was a very mixed experience for Helen and I as this was the first time we've been able to move the boat since we left it in Fiji back in June. All the feelings of being off on adventure came back but offset by the sad feeling that this could be our last trip on Dignity.\n\nWe are now tied up to the yard dock and work will soon begin on Dignity. Measurements for the mast compression pole fix have been taken and I believe the new metal is now being made up. Ella, granddaughter Bau and Penne (Ella's mum) are hopefully on their way from the airport and we're looking forward to seeing them all soon. Rob and Trish popped by for Rob to say goodbye to us. We'll see Trish later as she's offered to take us to the airport.\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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