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Fully Involved: Please update your bookmarks
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Friday, December 27, 2013. Please update your bookmarks. The Asterie blog is now non functional, we'd love you to follow us as we embark on a new adventure, this time aboard the gorgeous Namaste V. The new (and the only current ) blog is at:. Thanks for your interest - please leave a comment! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Photos and where are we. Here's a link to our Picasa photo pages. Bob a...
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Fully Involved: June 2012
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Thursday, June 7, 2012. Repair update June 7th. At last all repairs relating to the lightning strike have been completed. We had the back stay with the HF insulators on replaced on the recommendation of “Ronstan” and tested the SSB radio, the Iridium 9555 Sat phone was the last item to be fitted due to a shortage in supply. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Photos and where are we.
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Tales from the Drurys at sea. HYC - our Home! Thanks for visiting - please leave us a message. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Jan is married to Mike.They began sailing in 2006, in 2010 they sold their Bavaria 37, bought an IP420 in California, sailed it back to Perth WA, got struck by lightning, sold the IP, bought a Beneteau 473 and cruised SE Asia for nine months, sold it, bought Steel Sapphire in Brisbane in 2013 and plan to.take one day at a time! View my complete profile. Aus phone: 61 410449497.
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Fully Involved: Damage report....
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Saturday, January 14, 2012. Fully Involved was lifted out on the 11. To make sure there was no damage below the water line, there wasn’t any. Display, all nav lights, all associated antenna, hull lightning discharge plate, speed and depth transducers. On the 115 Volt side, only the inverter is damaged so that will be replaced. Away from shore power we will have added a large 240V pure sign wave inv...
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Fully Involved: Repair update April 21st
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Friday, April 20, 2012. Repair update April 21st. Our repairs are still ongoing. We now have the 240/115 volt conversion finished except for the water heater conversion, so no more power cords in thru hatches with extension cords everywhere! But it is looking like 2 steps forward and 1 back. The wind speed anemometer and new Tri colour light need installing. But we have made some good progress in t...
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Fully Involved: April 2012
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Friday, April 20, 2012. Repair update April 21st. Our repairs are still ongoing. We now have the 240/115 volt conversion finished except for the water heater conversion, so no more power cords in thru hatches with extension cords everywhere! But it is looking like 2 steps forward and 1 back. The wind speed anemometer and new Tri colour light need installing. But we have made some good progress in t...
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Fully Involved: November 2011
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Monday, November 28, 2011. Geraldton, Mindarie and finally HYC. Sorry for the delay in posting but as you can well imagine it has been a very hectic 2 weeks since our return home, so here goes for the final rap of the trip. Departing Geraldton on in the morning of the 9. November via the shipping channel, we aimed to be at Mindarie by the 11. On the morning of the 13. As expected, going thru the en...
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Fully Involved: An Enlightening experience
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Sunday, January 8, 2012. Moored up after a small cruise-lette to Rockingham over New Years, Fully Involved was unfortunately struck by lightning early morning of January 4th! At this stage we appear to have lost all instruments and have suffered damage to internal wiring. Rigging and sails to be assessed later today, and a haul out on Tuesday to try to find an exit hole. Photos and where are we.
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Fully Involved: December 2013
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Our blog about buying an Island Packet 420 sight unseen from USA and sailing her home to Western Australia. Friday, December 27, 2013. Please update your bookmarks. The Asterie blog is now non functional, we'd love you to follow us as we embark on a new adventure, this time aboard the gorgeous Namaste V. The new (and the only current ) blog is at:. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Photos and where are we. Here's a link to our Picasa photo pages. Baja Naval - great boatyard and friendly too.