Hi all

To anyone living in southern Tassie who has a mooring that needs servicing i can recommend Southern Mooring Services on 0439826170

They are a husband and wife team Russell and Lynn) with Russell doing a great job of cleaning and checking the gear as it comes up and Lynn handling the boat working the winch and finally lifting the mooring block (in my case a train wheel) on to their boat so it was checked from top to bottom

I was watching from my my boat which was rafted up beside theirs and they took a couple of hours to do mine and Lynn put the kettle on and we had a Milo and some fruit cake (said it was part of the service) while Russell was replacing a couple of suspect shackles and a stainless swivel that had been fitted at some time in the past

He also redid the eye splice in the bottom end of the rope riser to put a couple of more tucks in the splice

Cant fault their work and a lovely couple to deal with

I also had the surveyor on board for a couple of hours today doing the on water part of the survey for the new insurance company and i am slipping it on Friday for a clean and anti foul in preparation for the opening race of the season in a couple of weeks time and he will complete the survey then

Also found a bit of a repair was needed on the spinnaker so oi dropped that around to the local sail maker,so for the opening race she should be a quick as she is ever going to go

Spent all day mucking about on the boat but all went well so i am a happy boy

Regards Don