“Actually, maybe let’s go to that mooring ball instead.” David points off to the starboard side of the boat, towards Ko Rok Yai. “Ok,” I say into my marriage saver headset. I shift the throttles and turn the helm to head over to the other mooring. It’s closer to shore and more protected from the…
Back in Indonesia, we discovered a leaking thru-hull. The water exhaust for the generator was leaking into our main cabin, and we needed to haul out to fix it. Shipyard options for a cruising boat are rather limited. We were working with a schedule; we wanted to haul out after our friends left us in…
While at The Boat Works in Coomera, we tackled a lot of projects. Some of them we do yearly, while a few are things we’d never done before. Starry Horizons is now over 3 years old, and although she’s still young for a boat, as she gets more broken in, there’s more work to be…
The anti-disclaimer: we didn’t get compensation in any way from The Boat Works. BUT, we did meet and talk to the owners and a lot of the key staff. We walked through the entire facility. We used a ton of amenities. Basically, we just think The Boat Works provides a great service to yachties and…
The last bottom job we had was at Nanny Cay in the BVIs in November 2015. As that was our first bottom job, everything was just given a soft cleaning and then paint was applied over the existing stuff. We were launched in Nanny Cay on November 27th, 2015. When we hauled SH out at…
Our first issue with our cockpit fridge was that it wouldn’t turn off. Despite the fact that the switch was turned to off, we could still hear the compressor switching on to cool down the fridge. Our solution was to pull out the fuse so the fridge stopped receiving power. We didn’t realize it at…
Most boats cruising the South Pacific Islands come down to New Zealand to hide out from cyclone season. With easy access to the international airport in Auckland and plenty of marine services, it’s no wonder most cruisers haul out in Whangarei. Why We Chose Norsand Boatyard There are several boatyard choices in Whangarei. We did…
We’ve been really putting the pedal to the metal in Grenada. Our visit to the main island of Grenada has only been two stops: Grenada Marine and St. George’s, and we know we are missing out on plenty of interesting things to do in Grenada. Knowing that we have major miles to go in the…