Sunbird is now almost ready to be launched.
During the course of the work it was suggested that Croatia might be a better destination. We had hoped that we would get to Samos [Greece] by July 15th. However on reflection the chances of success do not look promising.
It is some 3000 miles. Several people have said that Croatia is better, not as hot as Turkey, closer to the UK and close to Venice, which I long to see. So we now have the charts for Croatia in case we decide to aim for there first which is a distinct possibility.
Much work has been done to increase the battery power and we now have 4 batteries, one being big enough for a submarine. In order to fill them we have a wind generator and will have a second solar panel.
Launch date is set for April 1 or 2nd and I can not wait to get going again. The rubber dinghy has a leak somewhere. The headlinings have been put up, the water taps have been repositionsed so that they work, the chain locker now drains into the bilges and much more has been done and all thanks to Ralph.
So after the launch it will be sea trials to see if everything works as it should.
