Log of the yacht Strewth: 02.01.2010 to 20.01.2010
Rendezvous with Zeus at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania at 10.30 hrs to transfer the wine I brought for the trip. We are also to collect our inflatable dinghy and outboard form Bruce Champions neighbour. 11.00 alongside the fuel wharf at the club we begin fuelling while the rest of the crews say farewell... Dave has been delivered to the airport the previous day with his leg in a serious way... However the hospital has given him the all clear to return home. He is replaced on the Zeus crew by my old friend Pat Price a local cruising sailor who jumped at the chance to join Jim, Robert and Phil for the delivery back to Sydney. Jim is due in hospital in Sydney to have his heart fixed on the 18th January hence the need to leave asap. Bruce Champion has arrived with lots of dry and canned goods that need to be stowed and the boys have gone to collect the meat and milk, beer etc.
A check of the boats systems results in some bad news... The auto pilot is not working! This is a major blow to our cruising plans as we have only five on board and with no auto pilot to steer one of us will be tied to the wheel at all times. Which in turn means that we have to stand a two person watch system while underway. If the auto pilot was working we could all have an extra hour off watch.
Otherwise all the usual stuff seems to be in working order,
Instruments OK
Navigation computer OK
GPS #1 Position Check OK
Navigation Lights OK
HF Radio OK
VHF ship OK
VHF Handheld #1 OK
VHF handheld #2 OK
SeaTalk Network OK
Power voltage 12.9v OK
Bilge pumps OK
Circuit polarity OK
Chart set complete OK
Auto Pilot RS
Engine Oil Level OK
Engine Coolant OK
Start Battery Voltage OK
Water Tanks Full Ok
Fuel Tanks Full OK
Anchor Warp check OK
Anchor tackle OK
Spare anchor checked OK
Electric winch check OK
From: Posterous [mailto:post@posterous.com]
Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 11:16 AM
To: paul@kerrigan.net
Subject: Posterous | Re: C77 Sorrento
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