S/V Bluebottle

Hi, dear friends, some years after sailing into Hobart, and then living aboard, we have made the decision to sell the dear old Bluebottle.

As summer trails off, we are working every day to restore her to her full sailing trim. A Lidgard design 49 Ft ketch, built in steel in New Zealand in 1985, she is a fine sea boat, and absolutely comfortable to live aboard.

Lots of work has gone into the varnish work above deck, and new canvas is being fitted tomorrow - dodger, bimini, and sail covers; every little detail attended to. Photos to follow!

This video, taken on the passage from Vanuatu to Bundaberg, With Kez and Quent aboard, evokes the feeling of passage-making. http://youtu.be/HM0_K20kxoc

Pic: Bluebottle, Tahuata, French Polynesia, The night before we went aground at Ua Pu.

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Vessel Name:	BLUEBOTTLE (ex-Aura)
Vessel Make/Model:	Lidgard 49' steel ketch
Hailing Port:	Hobart
Crew:	Adrienne Godsmark and Joe Blake
About:	We have completed our trans-Pacific voyage - from Panama to Hobart via Ecuador, Mexico, French Polynesia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Bundaberg, and are now pausing before resuming land life. [...] More
Extra:	When the port authorities here were approached to renew our Panamanian boat registration, they said "You can't call your boat Aura - that's taken" so we decided to call her Bluebottle! If you know the Goons, you know of Bluebottle, that little twit! He was always getting into trouble with his thin [...] legs and his friend Eccles and always coming out of it alive and ready for a new adventure. More