Windana

Finally Windana again has a wet bum!! As the tide slowly crept higher, the anticipation, the crowd (and the nerves) grew. The trolley slowly backed down the boat ramp until Windana was well and truly wet. She was reluctant to let go, so needed a little nudge from the tractor/crane. Hooray!! And yes, we automatically looked at the waterline to see if she was on her lines or not. All good and looking pretty. Some long ropes and manhandling and she was nicely tied up alongsid

At last, the big day. We were all so excited - been high and dry far too long!! A trolley was set up under Windana's wingdeck and up she was raised, finally freed from those dreaded 44 gallon drums. Tractor attached, she was unceremoniously wheeled out onto the road and around to the slipway. Those extra couple of feet added to the transom caused a few heart stopping moments, but in the end, no dramas. Thank goodness Shawn is great at backing a trailer. There we sit, tantal

The final countdown is on! The clock is seriously ticking! Yes, Windana will finally be relaunched next week!!! With the excitement level at fever pitch, so to is the activity level. Tony has been madly clearing out all the storage units and work benches that are sitting under the wing deck so that the trolley can get in there to pick Windana up. So much "stuff". Of course there are still a hundred things left to do, but that's so much better than thousands! Tomorrow we