Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Delivery trip


This is a quick update between delivery trips. I've just arrived home from one and am off on another tomorrow and have lots do do tonight to get ready.

Delivery of the good ship Lollipop, sorry, Zeehaen, which was sort of like a bathtub with a cabin and motor, started this morning at 3.00am when we left Picton and finished 7 hours later when we tied it up in it's new home at Mana (just out of Wellington). Actually, it's not really its new home as it's going to be trucked from Mana to Auckland and ultimately shipped to England to be used by the owner on the canals there. Why anyone would go to all that trouble and expense I have no idea.

The official description of the boat is "a 28ft displacement launch" but that doesn't really describe it. It is about 60 years old and quite unusual in looks but motored well at around 8 knots and got us there safely.
The weather in Cook Strait wasn't too bad although a bit lumpy in parts.

We only stopped in Mana for a few minutes then caught the train into Wellington, jumped on the 1pm ferry back to Picton and arrived here at 5pm tonight so it was a long day.

The trip tomorrow is a 35ft yacht to be taken from Picton to Tauranga and should take about 7 days if all goes well with the weather.

As I won't have access to the internet while I'm away there probably won't be any new posts for a week or so (unless Doreen gets creative).

I trust all of you reading this who have proper jobs are happy in your work....keep pedalling!


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