Saturday, February 16, 2008

Lets look at our bottom!!!



Erika Joins us for a trip around the bay before Camelot takes to land.






Into the yard we go, Tim checks out the straps before we take to the road.








Oh where shall we park her?



Ok where do we start what colour should we do, do I have enough protection!!








Is this going to read the depth or sink the boat?






Big and blue heading back to the deep blue sea.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Fast update



Its really not that cold good winds and a fine sail around the bay





















Finally a landing at Angel island dock




Policing the bay no where to hide

Monday, December 17, 2007

Happy Hooker comes to Camelot




New addition to the armory is the happy hooker, no its not what you think, it makes catching mooring balls easier, because our deck is high off the water. The device was put to the test on the mooring balls at Sausalito, with Guinevere ready for the the joust, the ball was quickly penetrated and line attached in one swift movement Camelot was secure, the feast was quickly prepared to celebrate the new addition.



We were joined by Romy for a brief sail and long drift around the bay.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

More new canvas for Camelot's wardrobe



Out exploring the bay with our new Genoa sail testing performance and learning the abilities of Camelot for combating the old foes the wind and waves, with Merlin ( Stan ) on board working his magic.



New dodger, Bimini and cushions to keep King Arthur and Guinevere in palatial comfort whilst protecting from the nasty elements.


Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Through the mists of time, our adviser whispers the secrets of the Radio.



We gathered around the Round table to hear the utterings of the great radio Ham. He swept onboard, with his Parrot Nisa, and passed down the secrets of long distance radio installation. We leaned closer to catch every word, (taking are not to get bittten by the Parrot).
Seriously, its now fully clear to us why we came to the U.S. in the first place....... to meet people like the Ham radio guy, he's actually called Neil too, and is a Vietnam Veteran, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, and Nisa has been provided and trained by the government to bite his ear if he gets too hyper (that's how the stress manifests itself)

More power for Camelot armory



What's in the box all the way from Thailand?........Its our new 130% headsail which was quickly attached, hauled up and will be tested on Friday.

Camelot attacked from the inside



Oh no what a mess!!!, We are trying to drop an internal Halyard for the the drifter, Neil was hauled to the top of the mast and a weighted line was dropped down inside the mast. 100 ft of line was fed in but no sign of it at the bottom, so Neil was lowered only to get stuck two thirds up the mast, couldn't go up or down!!! The rescue was performed with the other halyard and after several journeys up and down, head scratching, thoughts of having to drop the mast, we managed to pull Camelot's innards out , after delicate surgery Camelot's internals were free again.