Crossing the Tasman Sea in a wooden motor sailor cray boat 

That was the first time we put the sail up. Plenty of sailing time in all weather conditions will happen before the big day. We also found the furling went on the work side of the shroud, so we have sorted that. It was holding the clew back and causing it to jam

Agree love the natural audio 🇦🇺😊

Two good bastards living the real world

Hey Duncan, had I known you were in havelock, I would've made time to have a beer with you. You are definitely living in the right part of the world, very idyllic and perfect for a boatie. How long have you been based down there?

@@Un-guided ,yea would have been good to catch up.aŕived in Havelock on the 18 th may to pick up supplies and a 50 foot ketch to fix and live on ,cause me and my new lady had baby in October last year , and our boats are to small for a toddler, yes my lady has a 35 ft yacht ,I met her when I came down to Nelson Sept 2020 , to put it back together took ten days to rewire re rigg,and deliver to pelorus, it was on the hard for 5 years ,I returned from wellington December 2020, to finish the work , loved the weather and carm conditions, been living in the kenepuru sound , while restoring a near hundred year old launch ,am fixing another one now too,and getting lots off work at 50perhour,,, been all around both sounds and D'uraville since then , money's really good here as shortage of boat builders , fair winds on your trip mate,I gather your getting paid for a delivery ,catch you up some time

Yes we do mmmmm

I was cringing at the sheets flying around and the metre of jib flogging 🤣 The drum overload on the sheet winch was interesting 🤔

Windless. Not good for a sailing vessel….lol

It was the first time the sheets went up with us on board, so we made sure it was less than 5 knots of wind. The idea of this day was to get everything up and correct any issues. We found the furling for the jib was on the wrong side of the shroud, which I am sure you saw that. Then, after that, we inspected the sails for any holes and tears and made sure they were running as they should.

Seems silly to comment but l have an Uncle named Ole Neilson from Denmark though he has been a Canadian Immigrant app. since 1958 . My mother arrived at the same time, she has passed many moons ago, but Ole is still hanging in there.

Plenty of time has been put into cleaning those bildges out. You could eat off them now. They will be getting a nice thick coat of paint.

Yeah HP would have been perfect

Good slaves are hard to find these days.

When mother nature says!! Go, we'll be off

Thumbs down for the music. 👎👎👎👎👎

Not just music. Bad music.

Do you like baby shark, we can chase it to baby shark if you want. It does have a catching tone

HP

Divers are cutting it from the bottom of lakes. Danger work for sure

Hey David i also done a couple of trips with Stew on the Searaider in the late 80s, and Stew was salty and grumpy bugger. Cheers, My dad Had the Vessel Dusky Bay and fished in Chalky Sound, great memories. Cheers

Just an old wives tale mate ,,

Only if you're superstitious.

Refer to previous messages, you'll find the bananas in the cook straight, you can share them with all the boys.

All lines have been cleaned up,

It's a motorsailer. The plan is to motorsail. This is the first time we had them up on this boat. It was all about inspection and to make sure everything is in operational order and condition more than it was sailing. Did you notice we had less than 5 kn of wind. Normally not the ideal weather for sailing

I'll be sure to throw the bananas overboard, keep a look out for them, they may come through the cook straight. As for the girls. Did you not notice the extra door down in the accommodation, and how much room it took up. We're sorted mate, enjoy your bananas

The trouble is, the way these guys look it as is many sheep it will carry..