Saturday 7th
January 2017
2XS now has a perfectly restored starboard
engine. It should go like the clappers
for many years. Captain Pete, on the other
hand, is suffering a bit of a decline…the bill was steep! The mechanic, honest and hard-working as he
undoubtedly is, had quoted $8,000. Maybe
a bit more. But the reckoning, when it
came, was $16,000. The Volvo Penta parts were fearfully
expensive. So Pete is wandering around
his house with a slightly stunned expression…
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| He will need to open his Christmas (Josef Chromy!) wine... |
Onto a more cheery topic:
Deloraine is so beautiful. Nestled in a valley with a sleepy river, dramatic
mountains, limestone caves, stately homes.
(Never mind that it gets beastly cold and fogy in winter…that is why we
have insulation, puffer jackets, doonas!)
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| Calstock |
Pete and I loved our morning being tourists in our own
backyard. We went to the little museum and
were enthralled. I loved it because it
was all very quirky and interesting and not TMI (Too Much Information.) Pete added the museum to George and Ute’s
already overloaded itinerary…
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| Jimmy Possum chair at the museum - I loved these chairs! Indestructible and comfortable!!) |
The little Moths are out on the river, darting about
on their foils, looking so very pretty in the sparkling sunlight. I am very relieved that Hobart has put on delightful
weather for the championship…It is hot, clear, glorious. (It could very well have been sleety, cold,
grey…our climate is VERY changeable. And
you will never – I hope – hear a word of complaint from me about it. I love it all, the hot, the cold, the sleet, the
wind, the unpredictable nature of things.
I loved my years in the tropics, having 2XS adventures, but a hot
unvaried climate isn’t my natural happy place…Bring on the weird four-seasons-in-one-day
theme!)
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| A Pete Harmsen photo |
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