Crew, bedding & spares

Now Askari is taking shape these guys are starting to take interest..... they're even talking about coming sailing and diving with us. As a result we changed our bedding order today to accommodate potential crew.

Andrew sharing videos of Askari with James, Jon and Nat - they loved the TV lift too

Bedding finalised

Carolyn is quite excited about the bedding which will be satin stripe bamboo fabric. Kate at Oyster had arranged for us to have a sample pillow case so we tested it out at our AirBnB Cottage over the weekend, sleeping on it, washing and tumble drying it - looks and feels great! Nauteriors are making it for us with piping to match the head board so it should look fantastic.

Spares finalised

Also at our meeting today we agreed all the spares we will take; it's a pretty long list including 164 items, even though we have tried hard to prioritise those things that are essential in case of a breakdown at sea. We have built a lot of redundancy into Askari we hope we will be able to do without some equipment, rather than have to carry spares for absolutely everything. Oyster have a fantastic service where they will source and ship items for your boat anywhere in the world - they will keep a catalogue of everything onboard Askari so we can just call them. 

To help us identify any potential issues we may have they also took us through the warranty lists on the first two 475s which we both launched last season and we were very pleasantly surprised with the nature of the issues and how they had been dealt with.

We left a few beers for our builders and took one last look at Askari - the last time we will see her until she's in the water.

Next time I get to sit here she'll be floating

Last look in the yard