http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com researching live-aboard sailing yachts Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:27:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Boat yard in Vanuatu fell through so we are back to the original plan to Malaysia, Either way we were good with it. Now we still enjoy no debpt and Raewyn stays retired, or should I say full time boat maintainer (and as of recent part time gardner)! For those ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/new-plans/back-to-plan-a/ We started polishing the the two masts while home on my last break, we managed to do the mizzen mast together. Raewyn is doing the main mast alone! She won't be able to get past the spreaders until I get there, then she will crank me up to do the other ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/raewyn-at-work/raewyn-at-work/ We have our new fenders at last! These proved invaluable when we sailed around the world on Saveke http://www.nobeltec.com/Downloads/Document.asp?D=WEB&H=COMPANY.STORIES.SAVEKE They have been tested overnight with 20+ kt winds as a front just passed through Tin Can Bay    Raewyn had covers made for the new fenders, we used the same one's on our ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/adventures-on-crusoe/new-inflatable-fenders/ Draggonfly 3 We awoke this morning in Garry's Anchorage to fog - this is "Dragonfly 3" owned by Jim and Anna from Brisbane, they are about 100 meters off our stern in this picture.  We plan to leave for Tin Can Bay on the tide this morning. Here in the Sandy Straits we have ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/women-on-sailing/garrys-anchorage/ It's been some time since our last posting, not much to add as I have been in Nigeria working and Raewyn has been marina bound maintaining Crusoe awaiting my return. When I did return I was only here for a day then picked up by Kyle and Peter and whisked ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/tin-can-bay-bound/tin-can-bay-bound/ We made it to Australia, not where we originally intended but the same continent! Actually we left too late to make Darwin due to weather in New Zealand, we left late battling winter lows, and had a rough passage. We sailed NNE for 4 days before we were even  able ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/gladstone-australia/gladstone-austraila/ We waited a week for this weather to come, but it won't go away! We had  NE 40Kts last night gusting well over 50, woke up to calm and sunny sky this AM, however all the weather charts say that was just part one. It's now mid day and the ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/weather-weather-weather/weather-like-a-bad-rash-that-wont-go-away/ This is the little system we have been waiting to pass, you will see changes daily by going to http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain®ion=nz&noofdays=7 this is the 7 day forecast, we have seen it change little since it first popped up in North Queensland and worked it's way down the Tasman. We will still have ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/sunday-departure/sunday-depature/ Well....not so imminent, as we continue to wait, the little low that developed last week on the North Queensland coast is now a week away, and has turned into a major league low, it spread out and joined another area of convection last week and is now forecast to cross ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/imminent-departure/imminent-departure/ We are now anxious to get underway, as we had a good window go bad with the formation of a deepening low off the North Queensland coast starting to come our way. Unfortunately this sets us back another week! With our limited time frame to make Darwin before I return to ... http://www.lifestylesailingblog.com/waiting-game/weather-window/