Author Archives: Mike
Listening to your wife
When we were cruising, we would try and do a job a day, to stay on top of the maintenance required to keep a vessel in good shape for her travels. Now I’m working five days a week, and the crew are busy with school, we can’t do that. We have “jobs” every Sunday morning … Continue reading
Werk
It’s been six weeks into full time employment and I think I have adjusted. No more doing things on my own schedule, no more completely boat-centric lifestyle. Now I have customers, projects, business and staff to concern my waking hours. The job is a good one. I’m working with great people and the role is … Continue reading
Twas a dark and story night
The weather we were worried about last blogpost came in with a bang for yachties all over the SE corner of Oz. The barometric chart had forecast a double whammy. A low pressure cell passing over the state followed by a low pressure front bringing a sou’westerly change… But boy, did it pack a wallop. … Continue reading
Making hay while the sun shines
With an empty berth next to us and no wind, we took advantage of the conditions to spin ERIK around and paint the rub rail on the port side. After a big omelette breakfast, we got stuck into it, because the weather this Easter is looking very average. There’s a CYCT cruise to Maria scheduled … Continue reading
Working on it
I spent much of the day working on it… Working on ERIK, fitting some carved hailing port boards, putting two coats of red on the starboard rub rail, and fitting a second-hand danbuoy kindly donated to the cause by Richard of APPALOOSA. ERIK looking pretty in the dawn light with a nice red rubrail Working … Continue reading
Home for next while
We loaded up the dingy and the whole family rowed out to ERIK on Tuesday. It was nice to be back together again, all aboard our home… We spent a relaxing couple of hours waiting for high tide, occurring at 1610. The idea was to wait 15 minutes, then catch the gentle current through the … Continue reading
Nearly there…
ERIK turned up in Dunalley yesterday without me. Sigh… Of relief, and… Something else… Experience missed? Regular readers of the blog will have probably guessed that there was a bit of angst with two passage plans gone by. There was more to it than that… Just as we before we hauled out, we got news … Continue reading
Current Plan
We are have just tied up at Low Head Pilot Station after buying a few groceries at Georgetown. We had a a wet and bouncy trip up on the outgoing tide, with a heavy swell coming up the river. It’s currently lulling to 20kts, gusting to 35, and I’m really hoping this weather is going … Continue reading
New trip plan to get to Hobart
Our last trip plan got hijacked by a storm warning from the Bureau of Meteorology. It wasn’t looking pretty, so we have delayed our departure by a day and we’ll se off in the lee of the storm front. The new plan looks like this: Georgetown to Low Head, 5nm, 1hr, 1000 to 1100 on … Continue reading
Trip plan to get to Hobart
Trip Plan: Georgetown to Low Head, 5nm, 1hr, 1000 to 1100 on the 20th. NE winds, 10 to 15Ltd. Low head to Fosters Inlet, 58nm, 2hrs, 1100 to 2300. N to NE winds, 10 to 15kts, easing to 5 to 10. N winds, 10 to 15kts overnight. Fosters inlet to Eddystone Pt., 30nm, 6hrs, 0930 … Continue reading