Happy New Year

Looking forward  to  a fantastic  New Year. Now just got to get up and get going. So many idea's. Just got to start.

Osborne Bay.

I went sailing  yesterday  on my friends Steve's yacht.  What a fantastic  day sailing.  Anchored  at Osborne  bay on the island.  Chilled out completely .Then a good sail back.
Practiced MOB with my hat. It survived, and off to the pub for a pint.
Great day

Wow

Wow.  Moved 24 boats in one day. Towing and driving. Great  fun at work.

Kent 31

Drove this in the dock today a new one for me. Small. a little noisy . But handles like a dream . Twin engines and a thruster. Cool.

Boat helm

The dock looks a bit small from here. Where's Wally when you need him.

Bow thrusters

Today i helmed a sunseeker 52 manhatten. A really nice boat. When coming out of the berth it al went a bit wierd. The bow thruster came on intermitantly . I turned it off and backed it out into the river with the tide still flooding [ not very wise ] . Then tried the thruster again  and it worked fine. Eventually got it in the dock with a nice force 5 cross wind. Turned the engines off and all of a sudden the bow thruster came on by itself the unit had already been turned off . I had to run and turn off the main batteries. Not good when the boats worth a million sqid. Had to take it back an hour later. But we turned off the bow thruster breaker. No bow thruster no stern thruster and a cross wind. Thankgod for big fenders. I Love sternthrusters and big  fenders.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow i might be driving a sunseeker 73. I must admit im a little nervous. But hopefully i'll be ok ish.