Well not a whole lot has changed in a month but we have had a few good sails in. The chartplotter is up and running which means I can now show Laani exactly where we went and how good a course she was steering :) The downside is now Laani can see exactly how close to the reef that we were miles away from we really were........
Laani has, among other things, been mastering the art of goose-winging (one sail out one side, other sail out the other, in a kind of juggling act) and shouting at me not to stand anywhere near the boom while she does it. I think she is coming along nicely, especially the shouting. Not sure she is convinced on the notion yet but as we are going 'the wrong way' across the pacific I suppose she won't get to see much of it anyway!
Most impressive purchase of the last few weeks was a set of very cool big mugs with built in coffee plunger/tea strainer. Gold, half price at Katmandu. I think its probably a good thing that I'm engaged in a bit of study at the moment, its been great for not spending money. Think I've only been to Whitworths once in the last 3 or 4 weeks and I can't remember the last time I went to Bunnings? I envisage a serious bout of spending once I hand this assignment in. Not to say Laani hasn't been doing a bit of work, under the winches all chipped and painted, lookin good.
So into our last few weeks of living in a house, living in Cronulla, being able to walk across the road to go for a surf, mmmmmmmmm, better be worth it.............
Laani has, among other things, been mastering the art of goose-winging (one sail out one side, other sail out the other, in a kind of juggling act) and shouting at me not to stand anywhere near the boom while she does it. I think she is coming along nicely, especially the shouting. Not sure she is convinced on the notion yet but as we are going 'the wrong way' across the pacific I suppose she won't get to see much of it anyway!
Most impressive purchase of the last few weeks was a set of very cool big mugs with built in coffee plunger/tea strainer. Gold, half price at Katmandu. I think its probably a good thing that I'm engaged in a bit of study at the moment, its been great for not spending money. Think I've only been to Whitworths once in the last 3 or 4 weeks and I can't remember the last time I went to Bunnings? I envisage a serious bout of spending once I hand this assignment in. Not to say Laani hasn't been doing a bit of work, under the winches all chipped and painted, lookin good.
So into our last few weeks of living in a house, living in Cronulla, being able to walk across the road to go for a surf, mmmmmmmmm, better be worth it.............