Thursday 25 July 2013

26th July - John arrives - depart Spot On Marine - ready to leave on Indonesian Rally


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.

I will post this blog and do another one later; not sure when there wil be opportunities again, in the next few days before

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