Cruising on Diomedea: SailBlogs

Back in the Water

David and Andrea — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:01:58 -0600

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 (View Post...)

Signage goes on

David and Andrea — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:21:54 -0500

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 (View Post...)

Come out of the closet

David and Andrea — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:37:34 -0500

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. (Continued...)