10/11/2009, Newcastle
At 4.30pm Tuesday 10th November we launched the all new and revamped Diomedea into the muddy water of the Hunter river. Amazingly, the engine started first go and the new steering system actually worked. Her new paint shimmered in the Spring sunshine as a classic nor'easter carressed her decks. Did we break a bottle of champagne over her bow? No, but we opened two bottles of Jansz to celebrate the moment with the shipwrights of Noakes. It has been five months of work now and still a few weeks to go. Hopefully the mast will go in later this week. I had a panicked check of the mast electrics in the fading evening light and found that all is working. Phew! As we were about to leave the yard at 9pm, I noticed that Diomedea was "floating" a bit high at the bow. We were bow into the work berth. Yes, aground. Already. So much for the new antifouling. See the pix here
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27/10/2009
FYI the font is "Radiostars". The stern has a few more details but can't get a photo of it right now. SEE THE PIX HERE
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14/10/2009
Diomedea came out of the shed with most of her paint work complete. The topsides are Spindle Blue with an Aristo Blue boot stripe. Coachhouse and deck are in Chevy White. The anti fouling clearly clashes so we will swap it to black.
The deck fittings are going back on. The new hatches are in and look terrific.
Overall Diomedea is looking terrific.
SEE THE PIX
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12/10/2009
A collection of Diomedea sailing and hardstand photos.
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24/09/2009, Sydney
A combination of intense cold front activity associated with a moderately deep low over Victoria brought this monumental duststorm to much of NSW and some of Qld. The photos are not taken through a filter and are not retouched in any way. They were taken at 7.30am when it is normally bright sunshine. See the photo gallery for the pix.
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07/09/2009, Sinzig, Germany
We travelled from Glasgow to Bonn via South Africa I think. It took 12 hours door to door. Don't ask. Luggage arrived two days later. Schiesse. We have not been near a single boat although we observed them travelling up and down the Rhine of course. We have been walking in the Ahrtal and sampled the local produce naturally. A bike ride was in order and so we hired bikes seemingly made of Californium 252, one of the heaviest elements in the periodic table. Fortunately they came equipped with granny gears which were needed for every hill. After spending all morning trying to find our way to Altenahr we finally dropped in and then spent the afternoon riding back down valley in pouring rain.
Our tour has also included kitschy Limburg and the Moselle valley. A big family do on Sunday was pleasant. Leaving tomorrow for home.
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