Friday 26th
July
I am
(cautiously…) optimistic that we will set sail on the Indonesian Rally
tomorrow.
Yesterday it
was all still GO GO GO!!! on board as Pete and a sometimes less-than-reliable
gang of workers got everything fixed and finished.
Our friend John
Miedecke arrived in the very middle of the night, about 2am, with a new
windscreen tucked under his big capable arm.
We are very
glad to see him and I was particularly relieved that he was here this morning
when we tried to leave Spot On Marine…
The sun was
shining, the tide was in and full, perfect conditions for scanning out. Engines revved up…reverse off our position of
the last eleven days and…oh dear and oh no (aren’t you glad I am not a swearing
type? You would have to avert your eyes
from the pages if I were inclined to say anything more than oh dear and oh no…) the starboard engines conked out, leaving poor Pete with no
steering. There might have been just a
bit of scraping against our rough concrete wall…aagghh…As well as this, another
yacht was approaching, ready to go up on the lift-out crane…I made myself
scarce, brewed up some coffee and waited inside, writing cautiously cheery
postcards to the many Tasmanian grandchildren…
John and Pete
remained admirably calm, although there may have been just a bit more strong
language than oh dear and oh no…It seemed there was a fuel
problem…after a bit of head scratching, the light dawned… The young bloke who
had fixed the water pump had – just maybe – turned off the fueltap when he was
removing the filters. And – just maybe –
he had forgotten to turn it back on again.
Easypeasy!
Last glimpse of
Spot On:
And last night
our river was SO beautiful…
But…I will NOT
miss the midgies! Or the slope…It is
just lovely already, not being on an angle!
We are at the
fuel wharf at Cullen Bay right now, filling up.
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