I have leased the house to a great couple Pat & Sandy so now its time to back up and store all the junk you collected over the years and decide what goes on Blue.
Its count down time with 5 weeks to go .
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09/13/2009, bakersfield
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Hidden Oak Winery, Mike and Martha, Linda and John - what a fabulous experience we had with them as Nev and I tasted and blended and tasted some more! until finally we knew we had the right blend for Blue: 2/3's Petite Syrah and 1/3 Cabernet - absolutley delicious! Linda has been fantastic and so patient as we worked on a label to put on our boxes - this is the final result... and I love it! Nev and I are going back to Hidden Oak next weekend to box the wine and soon it will be time to start loading it onto Blue! We have less than two months to sail date! The wine is taken care of! yay! We do have fresh water too!!
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08/12/2009, bakersfield
Nev and I worked like crazy on Blue this past weekend! The air-conditioning is up and running and feels soooooo good! All the drops of varnish and glue from the tape have been removed, the piping is in for hot water for our shower on the back of Blue, and our staterooms with their new bedding are looking like home!! Our to-do list is getting shorter! :) We realised at dinner on Saturday that in 3 months we will be on the water!! just a brief moment of panic! Nev has been able to rent out his house, my sister is moving into my house with my mom... things seem to be falling into place, and we're loving every minute of this craziness!
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08/02/2009, channel Islands
Blue is safely back home and we have had a wonderful 2 weeks finishing the sanding and then applying 11 coats of varnish - her last coat went on yesterday and she looks brand new! With Gren's help we installed 3 air conditioning units - had to be pretty creative where they went, lost some storage space, but it will be so worth it when we hit the Tropics!
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07/11/2009, Oxnard
We stripped her today.
It turned out to be quite a family affair. My mum, Nev's dad, Les and the kids were there, Heather, Senga and Hughey too. She looks like a fish out of water, but I think she's enjoying the attention.
BLUE went into dry dock on Tuesday this week. So much work is being done, I really feel as though our adventure have finally begun. We are less than 4 months away from our planned sail date, and while we have so much to do we are not feeling overwhelmed yet. Just lucky....
We are just getting rid of some of BLUE'S blisters, sanding the hull for a new coat of varnish. While she is out of the water, we have removed stabilizers and replaced bearings. A hole has been put in for the air conditioning and drain. We had the keel cooler cleaned, and today we have been using hot guns to remove all the old varnish, a safer job in dry dock than in the water.
My vocabulary has changed so much, Hep C and medical terminology seem to be fading and I'm understanding bilge pumps, bow thrusters, VHF, SSB, charts and lines. I'm learning about provisioning, and then, out of no-where ,a random thought like "How am I going to colour my hair, pops vaguely into my mind!
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