XMAS 22!

G'day All, Welcome to another Xmas on Galleycat!

And itz hello to a few new items, no1 a fluffy sheepskin seat cover for the skippers chair ( I figure if I have to sit in a chair for 6-8 hours it should at least be comfortable!) 

 No 2 two new deep cell batteries for the yot ( thanx heaps to Hanni and the boys) plus a spare GPS, Echo sounder and VHF radio (always handy)

Xmas haz come and gone and the yot has returned to Rockingham to chase squid, crayfish and mussels plus we are gearing up for the annual blue manna crab run in the Swan River.

Letz talk batteries!  These things are huge 60kg telstra batteries that have a 5 year life span. My experiment using Ebay batteries has been a failure as I only got 15 months out of the cheap chinese batteries. The yotz wiring will be changed to allow for these monsters in the battery cupboard, 2 huge 175 amp anderson plugs will connect the batteries to the yot. Job done!

While back in civilization Big Ash managed to find my all thyme favourite pickles in an industrial sized tin, yummo!

The yot haz returned to Mangels Bay for the summer months with a few trips to Rottnest planned and already 1 trip on the agenda to Busselton to help my mate Jim lift and antifoul hiz yot. Racunda.

The trip to Rottnest iz a catch up with Cameron trip, he'z down from the mine site for a few weex unexpectedly so we are going to take this opportunity to take the yot for a quick trip out to Rotto.


 

GYPSEY COMES TO PLAY!

 

G'day All,

                 Well itz 2 weex later and after a brilliant run down the final stretch Galleycat has made it back to Ocean Reef Boat Harbour in Perth.

Jim returned to the yot with hiz best friend Gypsey, it waz thyme for Sue and Gypsey to get reacquainted.

I've spent the last week on a mooring in Lancelin waiting for the swells and wind to subside and we were blessed with flat calm conditions and no wind to speak of. This allowed us to do the last 55 mile run in 7 hours. No motor or filter issues for the trip which has slowly rebuilt my confidence with the motors.

Well itz taken a couple more weex but Galleycat has finally made it back to Perth. After a week tied to the jetty in Ocean Reef Boat Harbour waiting for the windz to drop. Plenty of crabs here.

I have now completed the last 20 nm and find myself in Mangels Bay Rockingham. This iz 2B my summer haunt.

Monster Squid, 5 minutes after we arrived in Lancelin Jim had a squid jig in the water 20 minutes later the alarm rang and we had this monster squid for lunch. diamond cut and fried with chilli and garlic enuf for both of us.

SOUTHBOUND AGAIN,

 

G'day All, 

    Galleycat has left Exmouth behind and set course for Dirk Hartog Island and its southerly wind shelter. Just a short hop of 220 nm so we've set off straight into a 20 knot Southerly.

Itz 4 dayz later and we are tied to the jetty at Canarvon. The 20 knot wind we faced turned into 25/30 knots for the whole trip down (very uncomfortable)

Another 4 dayz and we have finally arrived in Geraldton. 3 days of pleasure then 1 day of extreme unpleasure. We left Steep Point and pointed the yot South along the super dangerous Zuytdorp Cliffs 180 km of sheer cliff face with 100 meters of water in front so no safety. We had 2 days of gr8 weather and we made good ground.

Then unfortunately we had another fuel filter issue with the port motor. The motor keeps stalling even with new filters in place and changing filters at sea is difficult enuf. Jimbo was a gun at this after 3 changes. This left us with one motor and a reduced speed down to 5 knots as the ruff weather arrives on cue. Down to 4 knots and very uncomfortable!

Then 12 miles from Geraldton harbour we lost the starboard motor as well. Not good!

We got sea rescue on the line but they don't have a boat big enough to tow us to safety, so itz up to us...

We changed filterz and re primed the Stb motor and bang we were underway again still limping but we finally arrived at Geraldton then it waz thyme for a hearty meal then a massive sleep.

After 3 dayz of fixing and cleaning we are ready to leave Geraldton behind us and head towards Jurien Bay or even straight thru to Lancelin.

Safely arrived in Lancelin after a high speed run, 7 knots. (Leewin Current)

No more filter issues this thyme and we arrived just B4 another big blow. Jim has returned to Perth while I sit out the next week of bad weather. 

JOURNEY HOME !!!!

 

G'day All,  

and a special G'day to Miss Mermaid it was gr8 to get your reply.

I've left the yot secured to the marina and headed back 2 Perth for my yearly dose of Bathurst.

Big Ash arrived for a weex fishing but the weather Godz had other idea's with horrible weather for the foreseeable so I've headed back with Ash and got stuck straight in2 a few jobz ie topping up the bourbon supplies and then having a flag pole planting ceremony.

The opening shot iz a couple of meaty scotch fillets that made there way in2 the frypan, B4 we left, I'd forgotten just how good  a choice piece of steak can B! Following your advice Amanda.

The flag pole raising has been a job Ash has been waiting 2 do. And itz only fitting that I drink his "Fellixxer" so I should top up his supplies.

Itz now thyme to return to the yacht and bring her back down to Perth. Once again my m8 Jim has agreed to help and this gives us 2 skippers for the journey Home.

This iz no small move! at just under a 1000 nautical miles, and will take a minimum of 2 weeks as we have to shelter if the wind blows any stronger than 20 knots from the South..

DECKCHAIRS

 G'day all,

Itz thyme to say goodbye to the yot! I need a break from my reality as my demon has returned!

Big Ash iz due in a week and I'm planning to head back to Perth when he returnz. Ash will be up here to trial a 150K power boat with the option 2 buy said vessel.

My current train of thort iz to leave Galleycat behind in the marina and return to Perth for just a few weex of much kneeded R&R.

I need to remember just why I live my life as I do! and every now and then I need a kick up the ass to get my thunking back on board with my reality.

I must explain the opening foto, this iz a "Sturt desert pea" plant, that I found during my morning dog walkz. It grows with zero love, no water, no food just harshest of conditions, but still it manages 2 survive and bloom in such a hostile environment. My kind of plant!

As 4 the title "Deckchairs on the Titanic" is one of Dad's many sayings which basically means filling in thyme while actually achieving nothing at all. This kind of explains my existence at the moment with lots of jobs being done just to keep me sane and pass time. As many of you have noticed, itz a thyme of turmoil aboard. 2B Bi polar iz a difficult thing and takes a certain amount of effort somethymes itz more than I have. As an example itz currently 2am in the morning, I can't sleep (even with my tablets) so I'm changing fuel filters in the port engine room. Some suxcess 1 changed, one refuses to budge.

"Dinner Bell" , I managed to score this gr8 flathead while tied safely to a jetty in the marina itz no fillet steak but still made a fantastic dinner.

 Lemon butter and just a hint of Tony Chachere's spice. Lotz of silver bream behind the yot keep me entertained! purely catch and release, the legal size for bream here is 30cm and these fish don't cut it, but itz still good fun.
Here we go again itz 2 dayz later 2.15 in the morning I'm wide awake and have just removed and replaced the troublesome secondary filter in the port engine room, what else would I be doing at 2 am ? 

Hopefully this will solve the intermittent problem with the port motor.

Big Ash iz due tomorrow (actually later today) and he bringz with him the oil and filters 2 do an oil change on both motors. 

 

BIG FISH -BIGGER PROBLEMS...

 G'day All, Hanni and the boys have come and gone on what waz an eventful trip.

First up "big fish" While spear fishing at Outram Patches young Adam decided on an 18 kg cod as his first ever fish, damn it was Big and yielded 2 monster fillets, they got a few spangled Emporer and red throats also.

Plus we managed a 4.5 kg coral trout on a towed surface lure in 18 meterz of water, strange but welcome. With 5 extra people on board the upstairs pergola worked a treat with 5 swags looking like a tent city.

Unfortunately the weather gods didn't shine on us much, with windy conditions and strong currents. Our trip to purple patches over 2 days saw us catch lots of small emperor and cods but few larger fish for the table.  Still we managed a few fillets for dinner and some in2 the freezer.

Only the one trout on the trolling lines for at least 3 days of trying! But what a trout.

On the problem front we had a week of frustrations!

First to go waz the fan belt on the Stb motor (no problem I had 4 spares) but once the belt waz replaced the alternator light stayed on the dash, I'm not sure if itz a faulty Alternator or sender as the tacho is still working. this requires an auto electrician to come and suss it out later this week.

Then it waz the turn of the port motor to have a hiccup. For no reason we can tell, the starter motor has stopped working leading to much discussion, I eventually used my spare jump battery and some clever wiring to rig the starter with a new high and low amp wire meaning I could start the motor from the engine room while the dash still wasn't working. 

Once we solved the starting issue a new and stranger problem occurred with the motor losing revs and stalling after and hour or so of run thyme, we surmised that it was dirty fuel or bad filters so both filters were changed and some water was found in the collector. However the problem didn't go away with the motor stalling at random intervals such as low as 5 mins or up to 2 hours but it still kept on stalling. Most frustrating, I rang Aaron in Perth for advice and he has suggested a couple of possibilities for a mechanic to check out once I can get one to the yot.

This has shattered my confidence with the motors and I need a mechanic to have a look at the fuel system and hopefully he is smarter than me. It seems these dayz all I'm doing iz fixing broken stuff, and it is wearing me down, so much so that I briefly considered returning to Perth with Hanni and the boys for a 3 week holiday/ break. However Big Ash pointed out that
when he arrives in 3 weeks the yot would still be broken and this needz 2B fixed B4  he arrives with his son Cooper for a week aboard.

With the weather gods not playing nice we moved the yot to Tantabiddi for shelter with the hope of getting into some nice sized emporer. But alas this wasn't 2B. 

As usual sharx took a heavy toll on our rigs and fish we were bringing to the boat, the boys each had "shark shields" a personal shark deterring machine that sends an electric signal into the water that the sharks don't like.  Watz even better is these shield actually work! I watched as several sharks headed for the guys snorkelling and the sharks would turn away once they got within 6 or so meters from the device.

30 Second challenge!

 

G'day All, Itz my birthday and itz thyme to take the challenge, bait a hook and catch lunch in 30 seconds or less. No problem!

 This 3 kg Emporer  took off with the bait, soon 2B followed by this slatey bream (no good 4 eating) so he waz released. But 2 fish in less than 30 seconds Lifes Tuff!

The aquatic life here haz 2B scene 2B believed. Last night I nearly caught a squid (not earth shattering) but this squid while still attached to the jig waz eaten by a 15 - 20 kg cod right on the surface in 3.5 m of water. Holy crap!

With 10lb line it was the shortest struggle in history.

Itz a busy thyme with Hanni and the boys due on Wednesday for a 1 week trip to the Islandz. 3 weex later Big Ash arrives for a 10  day trip then a two week gap and Brothers  Mark, Andrew and Dad arrive to jump on a charter boat heading to the famous Montebello Islands.

Lotz of stuff arriving from Perth with the biggest being the rebuilt Anchor winch (thanx Aaron) plus the refurbished Powerdive unit. Thyme to get back to the basics with Galleycat being a genuine fishing destination (wkoa)

It seemz my demon haz returned with thortz of giving up this lifestyle for a more traditional life on land. I can only hope that more rational and practikal thinking returnz.

Mayday,Mayday,Mayday!!!

 3 wordz you don't want to here on a yot!

5 meter swells, No propulsion, No anchor and a bloody big reef system!

The no anchor bit iz sort of true, I had a brand new 60lb anchor and 50 meters of brand new chain. Just No anchor winch to retrieve the anchor. If I decide to drop it in the water thatz 25 meters deep.

Thyme to make the call!

MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY...

The yot iz drifting at 1.8 knots North by North East heading rite for the Ningaloo Reef, upcoming disaster!

Itz not the yot breaking up on the reef thatz got me in a twist but the possible ramificationz of said grounding, just 1 of the 2 beanbags splitting would create an ecological nightmare. Turtles Dolphins and manta rays all feeding on bean bag beanz. Imagine the clean up bill! 

The cause of all this mayhem 200 litres of fuel from my forward tank, it managed to add water to both fuel tanks. Shutting the first motor down as I passed North West Cape, No drama just run on the Stb motor until Tantabiddi. That waz until the Stb motor went out just 3/4 mile from Tantabiddi entrance.

Now the yot iz drifting 2ward the reef and limited wayz of stopping it.

Radio for help then try to restart the motors No joy! Lotz of replyz on the radio so I knew we were safe! Now itz just a matter of saving the yot!

Abandon Ship !!!

48 hours later and we still have a yot!

The anchor and chain held the yot just 200 meters from the back of the reef. Next morning No Sleep! We hired a trailer boat from Exmouth and headed towards the Tantabiddi Ramp. The swell had dropped from 5 to 2.5 meters. I could see a mast from the shore but didn't relax until we were tied up to the side of the yot. With Alex and Wendy plus myself aboard we were able to retrieve the anchor after Wendy dove on the anchor and freed it up from the coral. 

Lessonz learnt,  First up is a water trap on the bulk fuel tank and second is a lifejacket for Sue. Also needed is a plan for abandoning the yot, what to take and what to leave.

Itz just 2 weex until Hanni and the boys arrive for a week long trip to the islands, Hanni will also be bringing the rebuilt anchor winch and also the refurbished Powerdive unit. This means we'll be able to visit the dive moorings near South Muiron island as well as fish Purple Patches again.

SCOTTISH YETI ATTACK!

 

G'day All, Welcome to sunny Exmouth! 

Therez been a huge gap since the last update, with lotz of maintenance and just a few trips out.

First Big Ash and Aaron came to play followed closely behind by Alasdair!

The Scottish Yeti!

At nearly seven feet he'z a big boy!

So much so that hiz first job was cutting the ends off all the tek screws in the ceiling outside. Less he hits them drawing blood.

Alasdair was on the last Yot for 3 months in and around Cairns in Qld. We had a Gr8 thyme then as well. This trip while shorter was just as much enjoyable. First up a spring clean of the yot B4 loading up Alasdair and his 3 mates for a week or so around the Islands. This trip was strange for me as these guyz don't need to fill freezers with fish, so most of our catch went back to the bottom except what we ate for various meals.

Typical they don't need fish so we found heapz of them with everyone doing battle thyme with good sized spangeled emporor  and a few coral trout to provide us with entertainment.

The diving was a major past thyme with everyone else doing snorkeling and spear fishing while I stayed behind to cook a few feeds that keepz everyone happy.

Roast Lamb and salad wrapps, fish meniere, sushi rolls, beer battered trout with homemade tartare sauce, spring rolls with chili dip and crumbed snapper with lemon chilli salsa waz a gr8 hit. No complaints.

We spent most of our thyme in the Muiron Islands with night thyme anchorage on a mooring for safety.

As I said lotz of fish and we only fished for an hour or 2 before everyone decided they liked the spot I chose...

Minimum effort for max resultz!

Trip Two a week later had my new m8 Clay from the first trip with a journey from Exmouth round to Tantabiddi down to South Passage and back again. 

 Cooking and fishing 2 gether.Gr8 mates one and all!

 Galleycat shone again, lotz of fish and partying until the early hours of the morning when the  anchor chain snapped at 4 in the morning causing a minor emergency aboard.

 Priority one, I put everyone ashore and secured the yot to a mooring. Nothing like the safety of a mooring. What 2 do???,  Answer !!

New chain and anchor, a complete upgrade this would be simple in Perth but not so simple when you're in butt fukk nowhere.

Moving the chain and anchor iz the first task, Lotz of phone calls and favoures later but a new chain and anchor left Perth on Wednesday leaving for Exmouth on Saturday. No couriers needed just a bottle of bourbon to pay for a favour.

Thanx Aaron!

Life on board haz moved through the spectrum with thingz not so much fun!

It seems that life won't let me be with the breakdowns compounding and somethymez it gets too much.

48 hours later and the funk haz subsided, The repairs are underway and generally things are on the up.

The new chain and anchor have arrived, now itz the anchor winch thatz gone on holiday with a slipping clutch and no anti reverse.

Answer: Send the whole winch back to Perth and get it fixed properly! there are 2 mechanics in town but therez a 3 week wait before they can look at the winch.

Once again itz matez helping me out with Jason taking the winch to Perth and Aaron going to refurbish it. Then Hanni and the boys are due in 3 weex so I'll get them to bring the winch back. In the mean thyme I'm round at Tantabiddi on a mooring until the winch returns. I can still return to Exmouth Marina but it'z  a 30 mile 5 hour trip. No anchor needed at a jetty.

Luckily a couple I met in Mangels Bay last Summer, Alex and Wendy have arrived in their Catamaran. They have a car and have offered to be my shuttle back to Exmouth for foods, medication (wkoa) and supplies.

Now itz thyme 2 hurry up and wait!

The  parts for the winch must come from Tasmania and Aarons a busy man so I can only do a few jobs and wait until the winch iz repaired and Hanni brings it 2 the yot.

Of special note therez a BBC film crew here filming the annual migration of not only the humpbacks but also a large pod of Killer whales that gather here each year to feed on new borns. I had no idea there were killer whales in the Indian Ocean. Let alone in Exmouth.

Yet another reason not to dive!

DOG-GONE !!!

 

G'day everyone!, The title soundz worse than it actually iz!

 Itz been nearly a month since the last entry in that thyme Big Ash has been for a visit followed closely by nephew Chris. But the overriding news iz the fact I awoke to Big Ash telling me my travel companion Sue waz missing from the Yot. 

We were 28 miles North of Exmouth between the 2 Muiron Islands a ruff night gave way to my awakening. What to do? Not much I really could do, The current waz about 5 knots and the dog had been missing since 5am (last sighting) Big Ash set off in hiz boat down current in a vain attempt to find Sue, meanwhile I had a breaky bourbon and went upstairs to sit on a beanbag and muse over the eventz.

While there I looked southwards towards South Muiron and I could see an animal on the beach!

I tried to raise Ash on the vhf but no joy ! So I set off in the dinghy ...

Suxcess! Sue waz on the beach, half a mile from the yot against an amazing current but there she waz!

They say catz have nine lives but Sue haz used all her lifelines! Holy Crap!

It still amazes me but the discussion iz did she jump or fall? Who know'z , itz never happened B4.

Meanwhile, Big Ash left here with a freezer full of filletz. Chris did the same! Lotz of fish available  (if you know where 2 go (local knowledge iz key!)

The first week of Ash'z trip we spent on my marks at Outram patches way North of town. We filled the freezer in no thyme at all. The second week waz a totally different story!

You have 2 fisherman with more than 30 yearz experience each , the latest in satellite tech, shadow mapping on C map, Navionics and Lowrance Global mapping. "We caught Squat!" Embarrassing.

We were 30 miles South on the outside of the famous Ningaloo Reef, but still no joy with the fishes. South passage haz alwayz produced fishes B4, so when Chris rang to say he had bagged out ! leaving from South Passage each day I waz skeptikal until he sent me the fotoz. Local knowledge iz everything! Chris got hiz GPS marx from Brother Andrew. and managed to fill hiz freezerz with quality fillets.

HERE WE GO ! EXMOUTH RE-VISITED...

 G'day all, 

                     Itz taken a few weex but GALLEYCAT has finally arrived in Exmouth. A monumental trip of 850nm, 9 dayz of travelling but a few stop's along the way. I left Hillaries on a Sunday B4 heading to Two Rocks to hand back an access key, then it waz thyme to point the yot North again  with Dongara being my first stop. Lancelin and Cervantes waz in the plans but I passed by at 2 am so fishing waz not high on the agenda.

One night in Dongara then I headed for Geraldton another 300 miles North. Ruff as guts but the yot handled the conditions well, A second night of sleep at Geraldton B4 I headed for Steep Point near Shark Bay this means passing the Zuytdorp cliffs 200 km's of sheer cliff face North of Kalbarri (no safety). The yot travels at about 5 knots or 100 nm per day.

2 days of R&R at steeps b4 I headed North again aiming for Coral Bay. No go! no local knowledge at Maud Point , to dangerous at 3 am (no local knowledge so I headed further North) to Norwegian Bay just 150km,s south of Tandabiddi. Big Ash and I have been here B4 so I knew this waz a good anchorage.

THYME TOO HEAD NORTH!

 

G'day All,

Itz a few weex later and Galleycat has left Mangels Bay behind and now find myself in Two Rocks getting the yot ready for itz annual trip to Exmouth. Just for kicks there'z a late season cyclone off the North west.

This foto iz my mate Jim with 2 brand new shimano fishing rods he found on the sand behind Galleycat in 3 meters of water, we serviced the reels and then looked them up on the BCF website $199 each. Not a bad haul. We think a kayaker must of tipped over and lost them. Complete with lure and squid jig. Jim haz gone in his yot Racundra to Busselton looking 4 work.

I moved the yot to Ocean Reef marina last week and then up to Two Rocks today. While at Ocean Reef I scored this gr8 flathead in my crab net "lunch". I've eaten the last of the mussels and the crabbing iz finished for another year

At Ocean Reef I also spotted this tinny which doesn't look like much but itz actually a Quintrex Fishabout built in 1978, I had one built in 1976 and itz the best tinny I ever had. This one looked like it waz straight out of the showroom itz owner said itz been in a garage itz whole life. Not bad for nearly 50 years old.

As I said at the start itz thyme 2 point the yot North towards Exmouth for this years cruising season. 

The yot iz full of food, fuel and water and I've made it back to Two Rocks after a brief trip to Hillaries to pick up 400 litres of "free" fuel. Ash's cousin Aaron had to empty a boat fuel tank so he donated the diesel to Galleycat.

The journey to Exmouth is nearly 900nm and will take me a couple of weex of travelling.

Itz 48 hours later and Galleycat iz tied up at Dongara Harbour approx 350 km's North of Two Rocks a busy night gave way to a 2am sleep B4 starting the engines again at daybreak B4 heading towards Dongara. One motor running at 2000rpm gives me 6 knots which uses fuck all fuel but moves the yot 100km North or more everyday

Yippee itz nine days later and Galleycat has arrived in Exmouth.

MUSSEL MADNESS ...

 

G'day All,   As the title suggests I'm eating fresh Cockburn Sound mussels as often as possible.

We raid the mooring floats until we find one with heapz of big onez at the centre. Then Tyson and Jim jump in and pull off Big bunches of these tasty morsels. Unfortunately that meanz you have to kleen them but hey the price per kilo iz gr8.

Lotz of creamy Mussel liguine and then steamed chilli / garlic musselz.

The yot haz left Rockingham and iz now down inside the Mandurah Estuary, I'm here with one purpose only and thatz to tuck in2 some fresh Mandurah crabz. Cockburn sound iz closed to crabbing and itz been hard to get a trip to the Swan River so I've set off in Convoy with Jim on the mono hull yot RACUNDA.

I arrived safely at 7 pm under the bridge and then ran straight aground on a sand bar. This had me stranded until high tide at midnight. Once refloated I headed back into deep water and dropped the pick.

Itz thyme 4 the crabz to shine!

And shine they have, Big Ash showed up on Saturday morning with a couple of kids in tow and we set the nets on one of the best crabbing sessions I've ever had!

We released plenty of small ones but we still managed a mega feed!

This waz hands down the best crabbing trip Ash and I ever had and we didn't even have to pull a net ourselves. A few bourbons helped too!

Lotz of Big blues made Mandurah far more productive than the Swan River.

Superb crabbing over 2 days had us rolling in fresh crab meat for all kindz of dishes.

Ash haz left and several "friends" have received a donation of fresh boiled crabz home delivered.

I only have one net aboard but that net has yielded 15 crabs 2day and I'm just coming into peak hour when the crabz come out 2 play.

 Itz 2 tripz later and the crabz have defiantly gone!

We tried both mandurah and the Swan for a basic result of 20 on the first trip and zero on the second trip.

So itz thyme 2 point the Yot North with Freo sailing club the first stop on a journey that'll take me through to Two Rocks where the yot will be lifted out for itz yearly coat of antifoul.

SUMMERZ HERE !!!

 

G'day All, Summer has arrived ! with day thyme temps hovering around 40 degrees.

The big news is a "disaster", with our family run hardware store being destroyed by an arson attack. Luckily Dad had the place insured but that still dosen't fill the void left by a shop thatz been run by Dad for 31 years.

The yot has been busy with a trip up to Rottnest chasing King George Whiting, no luck but lots of sand whiting and flathead made a superb meal. The other staple at this thyme is fresh Cockburn Sound mussels making there way in2 the steamer, served with chilli and garlic steam.

Swan River crabz are also making their annual run with some crabs nearly double the average size.

I have also managed a trip to the back of Rotto with Big Ash and Cameron. 

As usual we got our fish, but we had to release at least 40 undersized pinkies to get our bag limits of sized fishes. Still lotz of fish in the freezer now.

Itz also thyme to get the yot ready to leave Perth in the rear view and head on back up the coast to first Lancelin then off to the fabulous Ningaloo Reef and the jewel of our coastline Exmouth. Itz thyme to catch some "real'" fish with spaniards and emporer on the wish list. Not B4 just a few nice dhuies at Lancelin.

We are in repair mode with both the solar systems and rudders needing work. The solar upgradez are boosting the overall sizes of the cable used to a minimum of 10 mm square. This will reduce the loss of current and the amount of resistence which is creating dangerous levels of heat at this thyme.

While the rudders need to be re aligned with each other, as they have moved and now point in different directions.