MD is currently in the marina at Runaway Bay, Gold Coast, Australia. There to stay for a couple more months, till Louis and Francis come back from Europe in March/April. Then it's up through the Barrier Reef, and onto Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. where I shall rejoin the boat in October sometime for a few months (I'll be in Mallorca working on promoting iplotz.com in Europe and moving into a new apartment). Hope there's wifi on coastal areas in Thailand, and if there is, we have a new wifi aerial installed on the mast, so should be easier to pick up a signal.
Meanwhile, Thomas and family are living on the boat till they move into the new house...but that's another story...;-)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
way overdue for an update...
I guess I should update Maverick Dream blog...let you all know where we are..:-)
Louis, Francis and Menno successfully sailed MD to Australia, arriving in September in Brisbane, and we docked at Dockside in the City for a couple of weeks. We took the boat down to Rivergate for antifouling, but had a small problem when the mast fell down after we loosened the forestay too much...! - Good job I had the boat insured the month before - totally destroyed the solar panel array at the back, the bimini, the wheel, pulled out all the wiring going up the mast, ...but the mast itself was intact.
Anyway..all sorted after a month, and now the boat is at Runaway Bay marina, with Francis looking after it. Menno left to go back to Holland, and Louis shot off to Ethiopia to meet up with his better half...We should be set for sailing up the coast in April or May 2009, with the intention of heading to Indonesia and Thailand. After that, to Europe..but that's a year away!
Happy New Year everyone!
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