boat back in water

Yesterday the boat was launched on the travel lift at Marina Bayside at Taren Point. Everything went well and we had a surprise visit by Steve, Paul, their boss and the new guy, with champagne.

Thanks to the staff at Marina Bayside, skillful and helpful, we also enjoyed their company. 😊

Motor started straight up and we crossed a foggy George's River back to Tempe. We had calm conditions the whole way with a swell breaking at Dolls Point. One of the raw water pipes on the motor started leaking - the hose clamp just needed some tightening.

Ev took the car back and met us at the mooring with the dinghy. Had to scrape 6 months of barnacles of the mooring rope but we had a good time

The boat worked as planned and look forward to taking it out this weekend.

a foggy start (thanks for the photo Alex)

a champagne send-off from Steve and Paul, these guys worked across the street and saw us each morning at the coffee van.

me installing the tiller

dead calm conditions as the fog lifts looking back at Brighton Le Sands

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