Double Bubble

15 metre Kelsal Tonga Catamaran. 15.2m x 7.1m 1x1m Fibreglass.

Posted: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 - 21:14

Day 35, bit of a daunting day with so much to do, on top of all the sanding yet to be done. When we booked into The Boatworks Alana asked how long are you planning to be up, I shrugged & told her the

Posted: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 - 20:51

4th week in shed today, the nightmare continues, but we CAN see the light! After sanding all weekend, getting everything up & covered completely, vacuum deck, cabin top etc & blow off boat, repair

Posted: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 - 21:25

To quote Garry, "Groundhog day", more sanding, who doesn't love hand sanding a 15mtr boat & 16.5mtr mast!!! Still not perfect, so no priming now until Monday, gives us all weekend to sand, bye bye

Posted: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 - 19:51

Day 22, The guys are still hard at it, with lots of hand sanding, more bogging, priming & sanding, the daily merry go round for them! I have now acid washed, wire brushed & removed Sika from roughly

Posted: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 - 20:24

Day 20 in shed & much has been done, the shed has been closed up for spraying, we are now fully cocooned, the mast has been fully sanded, etch primed, undercoated & bogged. All masking has been

Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 20:15

Day 16 in wonderland! One really should keep empty rolls of tape, heaven knows how many have been used. I've not mentioned as yet the carnage inside, every internal side of windows had to be taped

Posted: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 - 22:22

Have retired once again under the boat, another day done as we approach our 3rd week in Coomera & 2nd week on the slip! Much has been done, SO MUCH, Col's onto the rigging, all good there, tick

Posted: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 - 20:42

Week 1 in shed, much accomplished. Rods mate Glen kindly came to offer a hand, bringing milk & lunch, removed 32 steps from mast (96 rivets) & cleaned up bases of push/pullpits & staunchions, they

Posted: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 - 19:50

Well day 4 has ended with deck chairs & cold ale under the boat. Jess & Horst worked flat out from 7am (we started @ 6) until 2.30pm with all but windscreens removed. Windows sanded back to trim

Posted: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 - 22:57

Day 3 of hell, ha! Who's idea was this? Have removed all lower windows & nearly finished removing all the sika, 4 to go. Masked everything up including cockpit (boxed in) most winches etc, masked

Posted: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 - 22:30

Day 2, have all pushpits, pullpits, staunchions & bollards removed. No lifeline rails! 4 hatches removed, 2 to go, 2 solar panels removed and what feels like to my fingers a zillion tubes of sika

Posted: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 - 19:55

9.30 kick off this morning, into the slip pen ready for the travel lift to take Double Bubble up out of the water & into the shed (1st time in one), not fighting the elements for the next 6-8 weeks

Posted: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 - 18:30

After lots of stress, humidity & winds this morning Col & Jess arrived from QuinRig & started the process of de-rigging Double Bubble with skipper. Naturally winds started to increase as the time got

Posted: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 - 18:18

Making progress dismantling the boat, sails removed, wiring disconnected, crane booked for 4pm Monday for mast/rig removal (please no wind)! Onto hard Tuesday 9.30 & into the shed. Had lovely catch

Posted: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 - 17:14

We have arrived at "The Boatworks" on the Coomera River which will now be our home, pretty much until Christmas! We have decided to go ahead with the replacement of our windows which are currently

Posted: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 - 16:35

Up anchored early with the tide to take us down further south searching for northerly anchorages, which were either taken or non-existent! Went for a wander up the Coomera River, quite pretty, still

Posted: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 - 17:04

We received a surprise guest this morning onboard, who then followed us as we went ashore for a look around & a stroll along the beach. We met up with a couple who, it turned out, 33 years ago lived

Posted: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 - 19:24

We have just cruised down the main channel of Moreton Bay into the Gold Coast Broadway and anchored at Tipplers Resort, lovely day, lovely spot! With the upcoming Vodaphone 600 Car race on this

Posted: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 - 14:24

With most jobs completed on the boat and a bush turkey proofed garden at Michelle's we have finally escaped the marina and returned to anchor at Raby Bay for the upcoming storm. The loudest thunder

Posted: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 - 21:47

Day 2 on slip. All hatches, staunchions, pushpits, pullpits, bollards removed. Hatches & half the windows taped up inside, with all pic frames, bottles, curio's etc on ledges, boxed up. 2 only solars

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