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.
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