Passion X our new Didi 40 Cr left home this morning. We had to take the roof off the awning, lift the hull out and then replace the awning. It all went to plan on a morning that was perfect for the task.
Last week the keel travelled from the Central Coast to the Woolwich Dock and now the hull and keel are side by side. Quite separately the mast, boom and rigging travelled from Queensland to Woolwich and is just around the corner from the hull. There is still a lot of work to do to finish the interior to our satisfaction but in some aspects the yacht is more complete now than the much loved Jeanneau 37 that it will eventually replace. The instrumentation is at the standard that we developed on Passion over ten years and we have safety harness attachment points that we took several years to add to Passion. The fridge will be colder, the alternator is almost twice the size and the fuel tank and water tanks are larger. What we do not have is a lot of fancy teak trim and I still have to add a lot of painted trim around the galley which I will do over the next few years.
Our next steps are to fit the hull to the keel, step the mast and go sailing but I am getting ahead of myself.
The neighbours over for a celebratory drink on the eve of the move.
Joking about the “red light” district.
We have lift off
Don’t drop it now
The underside view of our new Didi 40 Cr
On the truck ready to go.
Going
Our Didi 40 Cr in the slings at the Woolwich Dock
Back to work making the tiller. Might need it this week.