Nearly Ready

One last screw should do it!

Final preparations are in hand...not only is Sandale looking a little lower in the water than usual, weighed down with essential provisions, she has also been modified and equipped with the all the go fast gear!

It started with solar panels and mobile phone aerials, moved onto new cupboards, shelves and crockery, and now we even have satellite connectivity!!  Long gone are the days when you went to sea saying goodbye to your loved ones, wondering when (and if!) you would even speak with them again! 

With our new sat phone you can contact us by phone, text or email anytime of the day or night...you can track us by satellite on Google Maps...and you will know where we are even before we know where we are.  But then again, we've also got GPS chartplotters, EPIRB's, Mobilarms and even paper charts...so there's no excuse for us not knowing where we are either.

And you thought we were going to have a peaceful relaxing time out there on the wide blue oceans?!!

It seems our last and final barrier to heading for the horizon will be completing customs clearance and immigration, and then we will really be allowed to go.  I'm still wondering though why the beauracracy wants to process us at 6.00am on Saturday morning?!!

Anyway, the Rally starts at 12.00 noon Saturday, and if you want to share in the fun come and see us off at the Fremantle Sailing Club, or wave to us from North Mole as cross the start line.

Sat phone and email now connected