Windmill thingamajiggy

Has anyone ever noticed those pretty little star shaped windmills on yachts? I have, and I reckon they're so pretty that I insisted that we need one.

Apparently they're wind generators, and they charge the batteries.

Xave then informed me that wind generators are good because, unlike solar panels, they are able to work overnight, and they take up much less space. (I am not informed enough to know which is more effective).

So, yesterday, Xave connected our pretty little star shaped thingamajiggy, & I ran around taking photos of it from every conceivable angle marvelling at the pure spunk of it.

... and last night, as the sun set, I watched it from the deck, and listened to it purringly charging the batteries in a fabulous & breezy manner, whilst inside our cabin, the vibrations roared like a freaking jet engine.

ALL NIGHT.

I'm a bit tired and thingy today..

Harbour Life. (a few new pics)

Sucking it up.

Through my tears of exhaustion and overwhelmedness this morning, amid the claustrophobic clutter or my new life, my beautiful and exceptionally understanding "this is why I didn't want to move onto the boat early" husband, reminded me of the good stuff. He reminded me of what adventures were instore for Family Robinson. He pointed out how happy and excited the kids are, (Dizzy has a way to go), and he also reminded me that I was going to the pub with my girlfriends tomorrow night.

Thank God.

Sun day.

.. and it rained for 40 days and 40 nights.

Our kids are 4.5 and almost 3, and in their lifetime, it hasn't really rained for more than a minute. - and now I've just looked at the forecast, and it's apparently going to rain for the rest of our lives.

This of course coincides beautifully with our new living arrangements. On a 14 metre yacht. That's 14 metres of fun fun fun, 14 metres of tubs, 14 metres of 'non raining' area, and today it was 14 metres of 'out of bounds' area due to Xave and Romi, our fridge mechanic, crawling around in the engine room with the floor up for 8 hours.

Yippety flippin' yee.

... and if it does continue to rain, at least we will be safe on our ark. Of sorts.

A couple of pics, to whet your appetites...

It hasn't rained for 10 years - it would rain this weekend wouldn't it...

So we made it. Onto the boat that is.

We still lack the basic amenities, but we're just looking at it as camping. On water. Easy peasy.

Night one saw us here after dinner at mum and dad's, half sloshed (was a BIG day) with an unpacked boat, and NO LIGHTS.
At 8pm we were fumbling around in the dark looking for pj's, drink bottles, heat 'packets' - all the comforts of home - anyway, we made it through the freeeeeeeezing cold night. Roo & Cooks slept through the entire night (unheard of) and Xave and I spent most of the night awake, worrying about them.

The dog also coped. Bundled up under our doona at the bottom of our bed.

After putting the call out that we were open to family dinner invitations, we managed to avoid the 'galley' again tonight, with an invitation to dinner with A & W and gals.

We found it hard to leave. Was so. very. comfortable. Thankyou so much.

We are now facing night 2. But it is a very different night 2 - we have LIGHT and HEAT.

Promise I'll post some pics soon.