Epiphany lunch

Tim and I went down early since the forecast was for low to minimal wind. Our intention was to turn King Malu around. Since we had the outboard motor we had always moored bow-to because reversing was such a pain.

Over the last few weeks and particularly in the last week we had discussed how we could reverse in. The problem is the prop-walk. In reverse King Malu steers to port whatever you do with the helm. So what we had discussed was how to position the boat to take account of this port prop-walk.

What we did was reverse out, with a tight port turn. The turn to starboard forward so that we were positioned for a port turn back into the slot. It worked perfectly. I must admit I was apprehensive of the manoeuvre. Then we clipped the repaired gang plank back in place.

We had invited Erika, Sue and Tim's two daughters Lauren and Claire to lunch, along with Sidney. The four girls had said they were only coming if there was a gangplank in place. No way were Erika and Sue coming on board if they had to leap onto the bow of the boat. So there was a lot invested in turning her around!

It was nice now that King Malu is in a state to have lunch parties on board.