Its been a while since we updated the website.
What have we been up to? Sitting out high winds and rainy days. Changed a few halyards (ropes) and more painting. Sue had been doing some babysitting (getting to have some great times with Lachlan and Robbie). Andrew removed the old sink and bench top in the head (bathroom) and replaced with new along with some general boat maintenance.
The other exiting news is that we have a couple from New Zealand going to join us in May. Toni and Jack join Liz as our crew for this coming season of sailing.
Where are we going? Good question. If borders open by May we head off overseas to where ever. If not we will head back up the east coast of Australia and wait for borders to open. Some borders in the islands have opened but only for air travellers at this stage. (At the moment we have to be out of OZ by October or we have to import the boat which costs an arm and a leg and with the expenses we only have a leg left!).
It’s not only the borders opening, it’s also the stringent conditions required due to Covid. Some of the countries got hit with stranded travellers during this pandemic so it’s more difficult in some cases. Although tourism is a major part of their income, they also can’t afford to let Covid in (in most cases their vaccination levels are not as high as in OZ and NZ) as we saw recently with Tonga. Although they are desperate for aid, on order to receive that aid they also opened themselves up to Covid coming in.
It’s very much a waiting game and having to be flexible not only due to weather but also when it comes to Covid.
