Maintenance | Yacht Aditi

June 11, 2014September 22, 2014 Paul and Claire

Azores in 5-4-3-2-1

We were overtaken by Hamish on yacht Low Profile early this am! So there I was writing to you as this 13m yacht crept up behind and I thought shall I, no it’s 3am, maybe I should, ah no it’s too much, but I really should… And that’s when I decided that it was on and that I had to defend our place. Turning to windward I put up the main, tweaked everything, got an extra 0.8 of a knot out of the downwind run, but calm as a cucumber along comes the very friendly Hamish, has a chat, and

April 16, 2011February 4, 2021 Paul and Claire

Antifouling

Maintenance

A beautiful weekend in April afforded us the time to antifoul Aditi. Having already antifouled our 38′ boat, Jemma, a couple of weeks previously we were quite organised but weren’t prepared for the sheer scale of the job!! 57′ in length and just over 9′ draft created some challenges on how to tackle the job. There was no time for monkeying around. I think I look fetching in my white astronaut suit!