I (Colin) returned to the boat a few days before the rest of the family. This was a airline ticketing issue but allowed me to survey the effects of leaving the boat for five months before the family arrived. I found my heart was racing as I approached the marina, and was very relieved to see the boat sitting pretty well as I left it. I had arranged for someone to clean it before I arrived and was very thankful I had done. On the whole the boat looked OK but I could see that before the clean it was a lot worse, with lots of mildew evident in the boat.
So then the process starting up the 'systems' and seeing where we stood. After a week we had 3 out of 4 batteries replaced, starter motor stripped down and freed up, a leaking water system sealed, a frozen gas solendoid freed up and after a swim to clean the earth plate a working radio-email system.
Just a dead invertor to resolve and most things are working! Here she sits with covers out to keep the occupants cool. Which was the big shock - the heat was a real struggle to work in.t
The girls arrived safely and through the heat we slowly started to have the boat like it was before - not completely organised but livable.
We had a day out in a rental car which was a memorable but not to be repeated experience. Driving in Indonesia takes too much concentration and the roads aren't that well sign posted. We found our way up the mountains and ended up in Ubud and had lunch and visited the monkey forest. After an unsuccesful attempt to head to Tanah Lot we headed out to Ulu Watu. Still it was a good day but for the extra $20 we'll get a driver next time.Over the next week jobs on the boat got done, schoolwork was performed and we thought about a trip up to Ubud.
