it's my day off, and thank god for that, i really need it. been working like a dog every day. the engine is put together, going to fire it up tomorrow and if all goes well we'll be going on some day sails next week around Nelson and Marlborough Sounds! finally get to do some sailing after 3 weeks of refitting the ship!

posted some pics, but have more that i have not had time to get done. as i was downloading my pics last week my battery died. bummer! so downloaded them onto jared and tiffany's laptop, which promptly cacked out and so my pics are stuck there until they get a new power cord.

setting sail for fiji pretty soon! we're very close to finished. we have all our food on board for 3 weeks, the work on the hull is complete and the sails are up. still some painting and other superficial work to be done, but aside from seeing how the engine works tomorrow we're basically ready to go.