Friggin' with the Riggin'
Paint all dry on the final coat, happy and satisfied feeling all around, it is time to put it all back together, plus a new addition! ;-)...
De-Naming - Re-Naming
Today, 12th March 2016, a great milestone was achieved! After almost 2 years, we have finally gotten around to changing her name to Bela...
From Stem to Stern
So while all activity has been focused on the mast refurbishing, it is wise to have a closer look at the bits where it attaches to as...
When the easy way out isn't a shortcut!
So, we finally got the mast and boom down to bare metal and it had taken longer then we expected, no doubt due to under-performing back...
Out with the old.... Mast!
Refurbishing our mast, well overdue!
Wheel cover
Since the new wheel got all new leather grip sewn on it, it also deserved a cover to keep it protected from the elements when not in use...
Overnighter
Wednesday evening Jens and l set off on our first overnight sail on Bela Vida together. We left St Kilda harbour around 6:30pm and sailed...
Oh what a feeling! :-)
A new leather cover on the helm has me in stitches... Beautiful Helen organised the leather for me and my mate Bruce some expertise and...
Grand Final Frolics!
Oh what a beautiful life! Seeing it was Grand Final day here in Australia, the usual Saturday yacht racing down at the club was moved to...
Baby got new wheel!
One change I wanted to make to Bela Vida was to change the size of her helm. The previous wheel was a little too small and was 'just not...
