All taped up

News from the UK - the woodwork looks amazing and the varnish spraying has begun.....

Aft cabin all taped up for spraying

Davits and Guard Wires Installed

Electric Davits Installed

Guard wires

A big day....

Today Andrew resigned his job - it's been a day I'm sure we won't forget in a hurry, but we are going to get Askari and start our adventure this year.

We know it's the right thing for us, but what a tough decision for Andrew, after he has invested so much of himself in the role and considers Austal family.

I'm so incredibly proud of him!

From the West Australian Newspaper 14/1/2016

Heads Progress

This picture just came through showing the sink and avonite in Midnight Sky in our aft heads (ensuite bathroom for non sailors). It's always great to see design decisions we have taken come to life!

We will get to position the taps and the toothbrush tumbler and soap dispenser soon.

Post Holiday Catching Up

We have been away in the Philippines Diving over Christmas and New Year, so have been a bit tardy with our Askari actions.

Us diving in our Ugly Xmas Rashies and Santa Hats at Apo Island on Christmas Day

So last night we went through everything on our list of things to and made sure that our Project Manager had our thoughts for his return to work today.

On the list:

- A decision about the heated towel rail - we are worried about the impact on the perspex shower door and the amount of space it will take up. We have asked for a sketch and other options. 

- Location of SSB controller and modem - we think these are going to go in the aft cabin however we need to ensure there's no interference from the autopilot.

- Review quotation for fitted bedding in 'satin striped bamboo' as seen at the boat show. A few changes required. We had bamboo on R2 and found it really hard wearing, easy to care for and super comfy.

- EPRIB choices - we did some research and found these are cheaper in Australia and this will be easier to configure with the aussie system so ordered a KTI manual GPS EPRIB as well as two PLBs. It was hard to decide whether to have an automatic system or not, however we concluded that the KTI battery life, GPS channels and transmit time swung it. 

We are also packing up all our dive gear now to go to Askari as Andrew has a business trip to the UK next week so can take it with him. A full progress report should follow very soon from his visit to Wroxham.

120 days to go!