There could be better places to do boat work....but none so beautiful.
Blaze is sitting quietly at anchor in Lahaina, on the eastern shore of Maui. Huricane Flossie has passed and everything is fine.
The refridgerator parts arrived in Kahului at Fed Ex. We contacted Jason from "Cody Express" on Maui to bring the parts to Lahaina. Best $35 spent so far. He delivered right to the harbormaster office. Devon picked up the parts and Dustin stayed aboard to keep working on the boom vang. The parts are finally all back together and the system just needs to be bled.
The generator received it's PM and it appears to be working fine. Run time has been reduced due to new batteries on board.
The freezer has been defrosted and the long term frozen stuff is back where it belongs.
Next up.....varnish to the cabin sole. It really needs it.
Sailmakers in New Zealand, Australia and China have been contacted to provide quotes for the new mainsail. The current sail is at the end of its life .....we hope it holds for the next 3 months.
If not...there is a sewing kit and duct tape aboard. The sail is HUGE. 62 feet high, 20 feet long, full battens on external Harken cars. Price quotes are coming in near the price of a slightly used car. Yeah...."but you cant sail your Ford Taurus around the world."
Fotos are tough to get right now. We are working on it.
Planning on leaving Hawaii soon. Heres the current weather(above) ...time to get going!!!
