We returned to Sea Child after spending the last 4 months back in the USA. We opened the double doors and were met with a boat in disarray, the boat smells of mildew, diesel, and those profound stale bilge smells that scream boat closed for many months. The new freezer from Airlie Beach is not working and the starboard head pump is frozen. So far, these two issues are the main problems with Sea Child. The projects will surely start to back up, but all in all, Sea Child weathered the January cyclone well. We hope to begin our journey north in the next few days, with our first hop to Mooloolaba. We are excited to see our old friends, Steve & Lindsay Robins from Jemellie. Our last visit with them was the crossing from Fiji to Vanuatu.
As we continue to go through the systems on Sea Child, its amusing to see the response from Eric as he wakes up the water pumps that sat idle for many months. Will they work? A delay in a pump comes with a choice profanity, and then, alas, the pump springs to life. After the first 36 hours here at Redcliffe Marina, the repair list is starting to grow. This important review of the systems will give us the confidence to leave the western world and sail into Indonesia, as we expect to join the Sail Indonesia rally from Darwin - Singapore on July 27. Darwin is +2,000 miles around the tip of Australia from Brisbane. We expect to arrive in Darwin by mid-June.
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