All the Work at The Boat Works

As soon as we arrived on Tuesday Greg, from Everything Marine Australia, organised a mooring on the jetty so that we were lined up for the first lift at 7 am Wednesday.  At 6:30 am Aaron and the team arrived to set us up on “Harry the Travelift” who took us up to the wash bay, pressure-washed the hulls, then to our hard stand.  Blocks and a ladder were all arranged and Heatwave landed safely on the resting place.

Straight away the team began checking the keels and rudders, removing the genoa and boom, removing all the sheets and the MBTL (main boom traveller line – you didn’t think it would have a simple name, did you?) dismantling the rigging, and checking our radar which had stopped working some time ago.  Next job was to change the traveller car, but the end piece did not want to budge! 

The Yanmar Service Team began on the engines and found that our starboard prop shaft had damaged the bearing, so more delay and expense, but we are confident that it will be repaired properly this time.