What I did or planned for my Top Hat today!

[Ianb]

Diana, I am guessing the lobster was brought from the shore and not cooked on board. Or do you have a grill?

[SeaLady]

Ian,

I am aghast that you think I would cheat with lobster.

Absolutely cooked on board.
Lobster tails brought on board already cleaned and halved.

Light the metho stove.
Place lobster tails butter and lemon in a frypan.
Drink wine and enjoy good company waiting for it to cook.

Very simple.

We Sea Ladies like to dine in style.



Sucking the sauce off the shell though is less than lady like. lol

[Phillip]

Stop it Diana, Stop it!

[Ianb]

Diana,
That sure beats my duck l'orange or smoked salmon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whWbd9TF9LM
Questions:
Did you buy the water access property?
What is mooring in Parsley bay like? Rocky? (As in lots of movement). Long row in the dinghy? Who controls the dinghy storage on the shore?

[SeaLady]

Hi Ian,
I thought I had answered your question but it is not here so obviously I did not!!!


No have not yet purchased the water access property.
Despite asking the real estate agent 3 times for the contract.. none has been forthcoming.
I am guessing a problem with the wharf.

Parsley Bay can get bumpy occasionally if all the weather happens to be coming from the wrong direction.
But this is rare.

How far you row depends on where your mooring is located.
Most people, like me, initially get a spot further out then go back on the waiting list if they want something closer.

Dingy storage is using your own chain on the rock wall.
The only problem I have ever heard is when a fire got out of control and melted a lot of them.

Parsley Bay at Brooklyn seems to be Top Hat nirvana, as there about a dozen on swing moorings.

Services are good at Hawkesbury River marina around the corner.
Train station, booze, ice, water, fuel, basic provisions.

[Phillip]

Technically today I have completed the refit of Seaka with having put back onboard all of her gear.

Only taken me 11 months!

So what did I do:

Removed all the old paint inside back to the glass and repainted in two pack paint. [Really this took up most of the time]
Re-varnished all varnished surfaces.
Raised the sea berth 10 cm to give extra storage.
Re-cut cushions to fit alterations to sea berth.
Rebuilt the cabin table [with a chart drawer under].
Put in several extra floors to deep lockers.
Re installed all the fly screens.
Repaired the clear rain screen to the cabin entrance.
Fitted an AIS receiver.
Relocated the am & VHF radios.
Re fixed all wiring.
Fitted navigation lights to the bow and mast [combined with a deck light] for steaming.
Re arranged the switch panel for additions.
Laid a pointed floor to the cabin and engine cover.
Insulated the engine bay.
Removed all the mast winches and wire halyards.
Installed a new winch and 5 clutches so as to work from the cockpit.
Installed all new running rope to halyards and reefing.
Fitted jib down haul leads.
Fitted a simple anti-jibe system.
Replaced all standing wire rigging.
Made a new mast head fitting to accommodate the new rope halyards.
Installed a boom bag.
New bag for the cockpit Bimini.
Installed a new 100 w solar panel and SS frame.
Replaced the heap rope to my second anchor with 14 mm Braid.
Replaced the main forward bollard timber cross piece.
Installed 2 rope bags in cockpit.
Previously [01/13] I had replaced the stern cutlass bearings and realigned the engine.

Anything left to do?

Clean and polish the deck and sides.
Anti foul.
Replace the anode.

Seaka's cabin.

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Seaka's new deck layout.

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[Shaun]

Well done Phil!

She was the best MKI I'd seen ....before the re-fit!!

Lots of time & hard work, but a first class result.
cheers

[storm petrel]

Yep, great work Phillip, looks like Seaka is tugging at her mooring eager to get back to sea. Time for another cruise?

Regards,
Mark

[Phillip]

Yep,

Have to negotiate yet with the SWMBO, but maybe early next year ...

Turn to port at the Camden Haven River bar and turn to starboard on return!

[storm petrel]

Now that would be a serious undertaking and would definitely require SHMBO's blessing. Good luck...........