mustering

While I have been busy refitting my 15' clinker, my mind has locked on to SELKIE. I am aware I have to secure arow vehicle to retrieve her from 1500klm to the WSW. 
Yesterday l missed a low kilometre diesel Subaru. There is some hope that the prospective buyer's effort to secure finance will fail. His fall will be my rise, not pretty, but its a rare find. We'll see. 
Yesterday I finished reading of am historic storm tossed passage from Adelaide through Bass Strait, across the Tasman Sea over Cape Reinga to New Zealand's east coast. The yacht was a heavy, Hanna style double ender & it took a beating in terrible xonditions that persisted throughout the passage. The addage that a calender is the sailor's worst enemy held true here. Options of sitting out storms in various ports, & to effect repairs, were not taken in order to make NZ on time. As it turns out, they arriv,ed way over time & were lucky to have the boat limp home. 
This morning I've begun reafing of the circumnavigation of SVAAP, a "tiny" 10 tonne sloop. Its all hood though, i have Earl Heinze's book LANDFALLS OF PARADISE (is: South Pacific) which l read in parallel to develop my knowledge of the nuts & bolts of such navigation. 
Work on HEBBY THE NAVIGATOR continues. Despite losing & depleting parts l am beginning the first full assembly. 

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