Yesterday we lifted BlueFlyer onto the hard standing in Port Denerau Marina with their travelift, no problems and very well chocked. Avi set to with the pressure washer and all the scum and slime vanished! The top of the rudder was covered by barnacles and so was scraped clean.
Then Baobab Engineering took over. A really good company, dealers for Yanmar and Mercury amongst others. They cleaned both the propeller and shaft and then coated both with the new PropSpeed now called PellerMax. Also fitted a new hull anode and serviced the outboard.
I found that the new propeller on the bow thruster has gone missing. That means the already weak thruster is even weaker! They did clean up the remaining one.
This morning BF went back into the water, again no problems. The difference in propeller performance is wonderful, BF took off like a startled rabbit!
After a pleasant sail across towards Mololo Island we motored into the marina through all the coral guarding the marina, through all the boats out at anchor and into a lovely marina. Mooring is stern to using your own anchor. This spot hasn’t changed in the 10 years since Val and I spent a week here, staying in one of the bures. Maybe modernised somewhat, but still beautiful. I can recommend it as a getaway place.
This evening looks like beer and pizzas at the nearest bar, about 20 metres away! The aircon is running on the boat as we have shore power and all is well on board.
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You'd hope the bow thruster performance would be better with a prop fitted!
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