Engine working - Getting ready to leave Nelly Bay

After all the pain to undo and redo the engine electric connections, Oscar was rewarded with a working engine! He found 2 suspicious wires after dismounting both the engine and the instrument’s panel, replaced what needed replacement and redid all connections leaving them a lot tidier than before. So far all is working fine, even though we still have our fingers crossed every time we start the engine. It was a very useful learning experience and we thank Mike, our expert adviser that could not actually do the work after his knee operation, but guided Oscar all along.

Instrument Panel connections - in need of some work

With the engine work finished we realized we still had lots to do before leaving the marina and got into a frenzy working mood. Replacing corroded deck locks, re-designing lazy jacks, fixing and re-enforcing the sail bag and of course putting the main sail back in place were long days of hard work. It was a relief to see that the main sail looks quite good now, with the enhancements to fix the leech reef points, can’t wait to give it a try. 

In Nelly Bay, main sail in the bag ....

Main sail, out of the bag, ready to go back in place 

Up the mast, redoing lazy jacks

 Provisioning this time was quite easy with Coles online. Great doing all the shopping with mouse clicks and then having it all delivered to the door, or rather the dock, at the marina. We found it very convenient for all the non-perishables.

Then there is all the organizing, cleaning and last minute little fixes since we don’t plan to stay at a marina so soon again, but we have set a date, we’ll be leaving Tuesday, weather looks right for the trip north. 

G.