A week to go

AIS fitted......check

Clothes ironed. and in the pile to pack.....check

Dry food shop ordered.....check

Charts aboard......check

Route plotted......check

Its going to be a frantic last wk at work and getting all the gear ready to go but it'll be worth it.  One last thing..........good weather forecast for channel crossing............still working on that.........check

Not long til our grand voyage

What a rubbish couple of swailing weeks since Easter. Weather not grand and no nautical miles undertaken but its given das captain the opportunity to fine tune das bot. I cant believe our grand trip is almost upon us. The AIS finally arrvied and has been fitted............das captain looked like the cat that had the cream last night as he was playing around with his new gizzmondo. Today was spent chilling well for me anyway, das capatain contiuned to plot the way pints into the chart plotter, GPS and charts. I was knackered, our neighbours two boats up did not return quietly last night from their grand voyage and had been awake from their noisy arrival at 0300.........a snooze for me this afternoon after a quick trip out into town.

So two weeks to go and counting.............list city now........check, tick , check, tick.  I am so excited but also have aprehension, you never no what the sea and elements will throw at you but thats what lifes great adventures are all about.

Halyards are clinking around us

What a difference a week makes.....last wk glorious sunshine...this weekend gale force winds and lashings of rain. We were gutted as my aunt and uncle were coming down for a much longed trip...postponement happened thursday night as we knew there would be no swailing this weekend.

Came down yesterday to lashings of rain....too wet initially to make the run down the pontoon with all the gear so had a late lunch in Jolly Jacks. A mildly uncomfortable night as the wind picked up....clink clink...was glad of morning and went of the showers in wind that was still blowing.

Have spent the day...well das captain has fitting the new arid for the AIS which we hope will arrive ASAP....the world is short at the mo but it would be the icing on the cake for our grand voyage as would give some additional comfort in addition to the radar as too who is actually who and how far away they r from das bot as I am on watch overnight when we do the initial long haul element of our grand voyage.

Tomorrow is spent doing more boat chores......down the stern locker I go to give it a spring clean....das captain will be fine tuning the rigging as for tonight after a swooper quorn chilli con carne cooked by the good galley wife that I am we went for a few drinks @ jolly jacks where they were celebrating a yr of being open..missed the great event das captain and his parents saw a seal pop up to say hello in the Marina.......he had been chasing the large bass that I had seen moments earlier.

So the forecast tonight at least an eight.....our halyards are tight and fastened.....not the same all around us......
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