Thursday, 14 October 2010

Nothing much has happened since I last wrote, (Sunday). I took Chez out to the airport on Tuesday, about an hour and a half bus trip. I'm missing her already, she did a great job helping me bring the boat down here after the auto pilot failed, especially as she had injured her shoulder badly.She got into Port about 18:00 and our neighbour, Gwen, picked her up. Thanks Gwen.

Wednesday morning Barry Middleton from Raymarine looked at my auto pilot and confirmed that the gearbox had gone. He said it would be quicker for me to pack it up and send it down to Sydney myself rather than let him do it. I sent it off express delivery and Raymarine should have received it this morning.

After some last minute grocery shopping, I left the marina and am now anchored just off of the channel opposite the entrance into Runaway Bay shopping centre, so that I can take my dinghy over to do the shopping and pick up auto pilot when it returns.