Kate
professional mariner | full-time traveller | part-time blogger | amateur photographer | semi-circumnavigator | happy wife | made in South Africa
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The boys moved into a new workshop last week and we decided a celebratory braai was required. We all met there after work on … View Post
Ruf spent the weekend preparing for the installation of the new water tanks which should be ready by the end of the week! Bloody … View Post
The long weekend got off to a good start, with the cabins nearing completion. The sanding and painting is almost done! Next step: cabin … View Post
After completing the majority of the structure in both cabins, this week we bought our first layer of internal paint, a lovely reward after … View Post
Chris and Carla came along to help this Saturday bearing gifts of ice cold Darling Brew – they are our favourite people in the world. … View Post
When arriving at Harbour Island the hard work of refitting the old lady for our journey quickly began. The unfortunate event of a nearby … View Post
After loads of hard work Melody’s plump hull was gleaming and she was ready to go back into the water. We gently lowered … View Post
Finally the Jotun Marine paint started being applied, layer by painstaking layer. The summer Saldanha heat was almost unbearable but again, thankfully, our blind … View Post
As mentioned in a previous post, in between all the hardstand work on Melody’s hull, we managed to queeze in some fun and … View Post
A few shots of the gritblasting process, to take all the old crusty paint layers off and start fresh on clean steel, with all … View Post
The next step was to lift old Melodious out of the water and have her grid blasted and repainted. A gruelling task and living … View Post
Somehow our dream was beginning to fall into place. After losing Drifter, the first yacht we wanted to buy, we managed to find another … View Post
Our journey began with a simple question from Rufus: “If we could organize a yacht would you go sailing with us?” On a cold … View Post