The Adventures of the Sailing Vessel 'Anais'
We attempted to use engine hoists as a less destructive method of moving the motor from the engine housing to floor level in the middle of our pilot house. It’s a 1.1 tonne motor. We were trying anything to avoid the inevitable – cutting a hole in the roof of our boat. Here are the…
So, here begins our next journey. We are going green by converting our diesel powered vessel to an electric slick machine. We do not expect it to be cheap but we were up for many $$$ to replace the motor with a similar new diesel motor (no gear box) and at some stage we would…
Late last year we did get a sniff of an opportunity to go out for a couple of days. Fitzroy was a 4 hour motor / sail away and we had a good weather outlook for a few days plus and not always co-operating, the coffee shop was delivering consistent trade and we were soooooo…
Opportunities to get out and about on Anais aside from heading deep into the creeks for cyclonic events such as Yasi were limited and frustrating. Catching up with friends on Magic in Trinity Inlet was a fortunate moment as our friends alerted us to the latest copy of the Cruising Helmsman (May 2011) which featured…
In December 2010, we hauled out on a travel lift for an annual coat of anti-foul (although it was almost 3 years since the last haul out). It was our first experience with the travel lift and seeing Anais being wheeled around the yard was like watching our episode of Monster Moves. There she…