AWOLNATION certainly has a lot to be thankful for from the GoPro. Nice vid none the less. Thanks for sharing.
Did you do the trip yourself or with a delivery crew? Can I ask how long did you take to do it? I will be looking for a new tub in a year or two and I don't want to restrict myself to the WA market..
The boat is owned by a syndicate of 4 and we all did a part of the trip together or with friends to keep a crew of 3. Left Airlie 12th August and arrived Perth 22nd October.
The boat performed really well. No major problems, just ensure you have a pretty good spares inventory.
We carried 120l of diesel over the 190l tank,through the Kimberley fuel is limited and expensive. We also had a Honda 1kva generator which saved running the engine just to charge the batteries. Even with the genny, engine hours was about 500.
Satphone was very handy for weather, marina booking, spares delivery etc. Whoever was in Perth was base support for all that stuff and meant we weren't stuck anywhere waiting for parts.
The spot tracker is great and allows family to follow the progress.
The boat certainly looks like it's done quite a voyage, a bit of TLC will get her looking nice again soon.
looking forward to a nice summer of sailing off Perth.
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The boat performed really well. No major problems, just ensure you have a pretty good spares inventory.
Satphone was very handy for weather, marina booking, spares delivery etc. Whoever was in Perth was base support for all that stuff and meant we weren't stuck anywhere waiting for parts.
What spares did you need? I remember looking at the used boat dealers listing and thinking that it wasn't a bad deal. Do you think that the dealer overstated the boat?
Not at all. The boat came with more gear than we were expecting.
The spares are usual stuff like fuel filters, hoses, belts, impellers. Dunny items - service kit, joker valve, impeller. Some Nav light spares. Tools for most jobs, drill, electrical crimping, solder, lots of duct tape, lots of spare screws, bolts, shackles, blocks, rope, sail repair etc. Enough to keep you going.
On my leg in Shark Bay, the alternator worked loose and slid across to gouge out a coolant hose. We we able to rob a similar size pipe from the breather box and fashion a replacement. If we couldn't have done that, we might have been stuck for a week getting parts sent up.
we didn't have a lot of time to prep the boat before leaving Airlie, so a lot was discovered along the way, but fortunately we pretty much had most things covered and didn't have any delays for repairs.
what I learnt is that in planning for a trip like that, you need to look at just about everything on the boat and think, do I need a spare or can I fix it?
Select to expand quoteFreeRadical said..
Not at all. The boat came with more gear than we were expecting.
The spares are usual stuff like fuel filters, hoses, belts, impellers. Dunny items - service kit, joker valve, impeller. Some Nav light spares. Tools for most jobs, drill, electrical crimping, solder, lots of duct tape, lots of spare screws, bolts, shackles, blocks, rope, sail repair etc. Enough to keep you going.
On my leg in Shark Bay, the alternator worked loose and slid across to gouge out a coolant hose. We we able to rob a similar size pipe from the breather box and fashion a replacement. If we couldn't have done that, we might have been stuck for a week getting parts sent up.
we didn't have a lot of time to prep the boat before leaving Airlie, so a lot was discovered along the way, but fortunately we pretty much had most things covered and didn't have any delays for repairs.
what I learnt is that in planning for a trip like that, you need to look at just about everything on the boat and think, do I need a spare or can I fix it?
Ahh ok, the way you said that the satphone came in handy for spares delivery I thought something major had happened.
That was quite an epic voyage. Well done guys.
I hope you give us more of a write up, especially on the more remote sections of the trip.
Epic trip, nice vid. I see you had the orange jib out for part of it, what was the biggest blow you had to deal with?
Leaving Coral Bay (Mauds Landing), the forecast was for gusting 35 and a strong wind warning. We set up the storm jib before departing for an overnight leg to Carnarvon. Highest gust we saw was 37kts. With the storm jib and double refeed main it went quite well with not too much pounding. Furler reefing on the headsail gives a pretty crap shape. The storm jib was also new and I was eager to try it out. I think we will be looking for a Number 3 or 4 headsail next.
Did you originally get a quote to truck it? I have just got a quote from Sydney to Adelaide for estimated 12k !
its great for marina sailors like myself
