Getting Alishan ready
It was not only play and party.
Prep-work had to be done before D-day….
Marijke found another 100 kg of goodies to be sent to the islands.
Oops, some, no, most of this had to go on board.
I don’t know how, but somehow we did empty that storage place. The garbage collectors got a good share though.
And then it was time for the ever returning stress of hauling out. We decided to do it again at Marinoa, just across the river. Under the watchful eye of the world’s number 2 Ferris wheel we cleaned, waxed and painted the hull. This time we had decided to do most of the work ourselves, despite the heat, still somehow thinking in Jan Haring terms and measurements. Well, we found out that 43 feet is a lot of boat!
3 days later we could see the shining result of our hard
work
Alishan was ready to start making the miles.
Then followed the radar installation project…it’s always
handy, while out at sea to have an extra watchman up the in the mast ;-)). We scored
the radar via Westmarine. They had a 12 hour online discount run…just by chance
happened to notice it. Including the
shipping, we saved ourselves heaps. (Furuno, “made” in
Marijke found some zebra camouflage stuff for the dinghy
cover…now we only have to look out for those penguins…are they still in
Some food prep. At this moment of writing we haven’t had the
opportunity yet to open and try one as we are given fresh fish left and right
by the Japanese fishermen.
Now that’s okay with us, after all we Love Sashimi.
Another prep item was the medical care for Wakame and Nori.
And did we get the change to learn and practice. Nori was so
silly to get into a serious cat-fight and ended up in the pet hospital for 3
weeks. The bill made us almost broke.
Hmmm, and doctor Noriko went to
Here is Marijke visiting Nori in his capsul-hospital bed.
Hands-on training in giving Nori his injections, under the watchful eyes of doctor Noriko.
What a team work.
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