My OperaHome Sweet Home
Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:50:17 AM
Our youngest son Brian married his longstanding girlfriend Rachael in England. The wedding rings were flown out by owl and delivered to the best man's hand. That flight was not as long as ours though from Bali where we left the boat for 2 months on a swing mooring at Sarangan, near Benoa harbour. After having spent a month in England we flew on to SA where we spent time with family and friends. A happy reunion after about 4 years.
When we got back to the boat we were keen to leave the mooring asap as the water was not particularly clean but we were not ready for the lack of maneuverability once we cast off the mooring lines. The boat would not respond to engines or rudder, the revs would not go above 1500 rpm. Fortunately we had set a little bit of main before we got underway and that helped us steer to a spot were we could drop anchor and scrape most of the barnacles off the props, rudders and hulls. Since then we have scraped hundred/thousands of barnacles off our hulls, they were really thick in places. We are now on the North side of Bali at Lovina beach and stocked up for our journey northwards towards Thailand. We will check the weather and possibly be under way in the next few days.
When we got back to the boat we were keen to leave the mooring asap as the water was not particularly clean but we were not ready for the lack of maneuverability once we cast off the mooring lines. The boat would not respond to engines or rudder, the revs would not go above 1500 rpm. Fortunately we had set a little bit of main before we got underway and that helped us steer to a spot were we could drop anchor and scrape most of the barnacles off the props, rudders and hulls. Since then we have scraped hundred/thousands of barnacles off our hulls, they were really thick in places. We are now on the North side of Bali at Lovina beach and stocked up for our journey northwards towards Thailand. We will check the weather and possibly be under way in the next few days.
