Mooloolabaa-baa

Back to Mooloolaba, to cross the bar, where the dredge is working the river entrance, so it needs some caution to cruise into the river.  Hurtle Turtle and WOW are anchored here, waiting to head south.  Just before we decided to drop the main, Peter noticed our main outhaul line had broken, not much we could do under sail but reef the main, sailed to the bar and sorted it out up in the river.  The engineer devised a plan to undo all the sheaves and jammers, feed a new line through the mast, remove the makings of a nest (those pesky welcome swallows again!) and re-tie the clew to the outhaul.  Job done!

We Are Sailing ... again!

Back in Moreton Bay and our first chance to hoist the mainsail with the new rigging.  Wow!  We sailed at 8.5 knots in a 10.5 knot NE wind!  Rudder is performing well; the running rigging is so much easier and the winches are soooo smooooth. 
Thanks #EverythingMarineAustralia  :)

radar repaired

This is how you hold the radar cover when you are up the mast...