In this episode we get a visit from Tropical Cyclone Iris - a pesky little number who has been wandering up and down the Eastern Seaboard of Australia for a few weeks. With hurricane force winds predicted we prepare Sarean and head off to safety.
We also fix our some loo issues when our toilet pump fails. It's a lark this cruising life!
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last time on board seryan we tested out
our new rex sewing machine and after a
few adjustments we think we've got
pretty good value for our dollar with
the cyclone season nearing an end here
in Far North Queensland we were watching
the weather closely to see if we were
going to get any end-of-season bumpers
tropical cyclone iris had shown up then
died off wandered up and down the coast
a bit then started to show signs of
reforming just north of us in these
situations it pays to move quickly and
to have a plan in place hence we're
packing seryan down into storm mode
starting with packing away the main saw
and stowing all remove all items from
the deck while we wait to see if iris
decides to head our way
once she had been declared as a cyclone
we would check the various forecasts to
see if she would pass near us then head
off to the safety of a mangrove Creek
well good morning
Tuesday the third yes so we
are giving a visit by a slight phone
[Music]
top of the slackline ours and she's
expected to roll through tonight's this
afternoon this evening tonight something
yes so unfortunately we had a creek
lined up that we were going to go
in yes so we needed a room three point
three point two minute I'd really had to
get in that Creek and out of it safely
and I was actually reading mistakenly
the 2017 tide tables and it had it
perfect for us and the tides were
actually increasing for the next few
days but then down lower both sort of
pondering it individually and realized
that that can't be right because the
full moon has just been a couple of days
ago so the tides are actually falling
off so double check that and realized my
mistake
yes so the only time to given that
particular area was midnight midnight
and
the taught at the time just too close to
make it every moment without setting it
on land right out open and the baby but
up in the creek so we had to call a no
on that one
so our alternative plan we looked at the
weather
we looked going and throwing the big
anchor storm out still make her out the
what on the other bays but actually when
I looked at the prediction IRS should
hopefully stay offshore
where we were looking at that makes sort
of safe all-round safe Anchorage was in
her in her path
so it's actually better for us to stay
here where we are although it's not the
pick of choices because there are other
missiles sitting in front of us anyway
hopefully that looks so really right
with it where they are currently and and
we'll just have a lucky ride but it's
only sort of blowing in the 20s and 30s
at the moment and I did look at the
weather at about 11 o'clock last night
and we might sort of get forties Gus the
summer between 40s and gusts of 70s
where we are so fingers crossed that
we're a case and that she will remain
offshore but I'm gonna go and check the
rear now
see what happens
just a rotten old rainy day year
mcdhh ezel's just got up he's gonna put
on a cup of tea
okay let me just take a little bit of an
update from this morning I was half
asleep and so it may not have understood
that we couldn't get up the creek
because I was actually looking at the
wrong here's tide tables and
so we
have me waiting to see whether shoe
where the iris would
Trek offshore because they did say she
would Trek offshore but unfortunately
we've just got her Akane warning
hurricanes don't force winds
luckily we managed to score a
in a marina so yep go with your second
choice when you can and that's what
we're doing so we're currently hitting
around
to the marina and
it's pretty yucky up
anyway it'll be good to be tied up
because sitting being a sitting duck
good and I can't remember if I say this
morning but the option for a safe harbor
for us was counted out with the wind
direction
bitter choice for us
right now
say we're off chicken with you later on
let's run it downwind so that's right
you're so sorry i did forget to say that
address went from a cat one to a cat
three I'm sorry to a cat to an item it
is expected to be a cat true when she
passes up
yeah
a little too uncomfortable for where we
were
it's pretty rugged out at the moment
lease Tirana down when to run to where
to the marina that we need to do so
that's really good
our other option that was a sale and to
do the nasty with us so we are lucky to
hold up
yes the thing about fun of items you
don't know if that played Elizab Rio -
Oh
Oh
maybe Willy on the pencil days I made
something else
I wouldn't hit it well the money
operalia shared under this
don't really
we'll be snuggled up soon yeah
here yeah yeah a little bit hairy
that's okay
we'll be snuggled up soon
snug as a bug in a rug
[Music]
cyclone events are both an exciting and
testing time they're offering
unpredictable weather systems wandering
along offshore possibly as a cat 1 then
quickening as they close the coast
sometimes within the blink of an eye our
thoughts are always with the safety of
the vessel because she is the platform
that allows us to live our dream with
the Harbormaster closing the port to all
shipping within the day we got a wriggle
on to get settled in a marina before the
strong winds took hold we felt good
though with a majority of our prep done
and heading to the marina knowing that
it might afford us some rest
well good morning we've been here a
couple of days and it's been blessed I
have to say iris passed it all as well
and it stopped raining which is really
good so we're just gonna go off and
provision shortly and it will take off
yes so we had a great bunch of people
over last night the cruisers and whatnot
that we met in our time here and most of
them came into the marina for shelter
themselves hope you had a bit of a
shindig last night feeling a little bit
worse for wear but we'll just put her
along with the morning and get going
after lunch I think but here there's
life starting to come back into the
marina and all the charter vessels are
starting to get their boats ready for
work again
[Music]
these are some of the older vessels that
go out for charter and out through the
whitsundays just putting their sails
back on and some of the other working
vessels in the harbor
[Music]
what I decided marina life's pretty
civilized it's pretty are you doing it
tough I see how you could get marina
sickness like it's been good though babe
good and a lot of convenience is about
being in a marina okay so we are just
packing away from our provisioning run
we went and did a provisioning run for
canned goods and dry goods and we've got
a stack of stuff that we're packing away
got me raspberry jam I just had an
inkling for it when we went in the
supermarket toast and raspberry jam
haven't had it for years
so yes it's pretty good to vitus's a
thing into the marina is that we have
these giant trolleys that we can stick
our groceries in and just to wheel them
down to along the jetty to the boat
which is fabulous I haven't been into an
arena for over five years and can see a
benefit yes oh yeah we're gonna get this
all packed away and go into another run
and then tomorrow we'll do a free
provision to run and then we shall take
up very exciting
let's say you my honey pick Joe Big Joe
pick it up anyway you're getting it
rolling you're good to get rolling again
rolling again yeah baby okay so we
generally stock up on things that we can
make lots of different meals with and
make big pot meals with and what we'll
do is we'll actually get rid of a lot of
this packaging unfortunately where we
are there's no bulk food stores bulk
buying food stores but yeah we'll get
rid of half these plastics and stick
your things away as we can and then I
think we'll sit down and have some
chocolate given the key and my honey
we're off we're off love it
and
houston we have a problem
and that's it our toilet in our head has
been playing up a little bit it's
getting a bit slow and not quite
flushing with as much verb as it should
so what before things get really nasty
Darren's doing a bit of troubleshooting
to see if he can check out what's wrong
rightio come on then what's hitting ya
it's running a little bit slice we just
just chicken some connections and bit of
the amperage see how much carbs drawing
and see ICO and this voltage there but
and later in the evening and the voltage
drops back a little bit it slows down
what a lot so this is a little place
that I'd much prefer to address earlier
than lighter
have you found money so far I think
what's happening we're getting a little
bit of water better saltwater back up
into the motor it's been seen a little
bit sick for a while and you can see
there's a little bit of corrosion
starting to build up around there and
tiny bit of rust around this being
rippity how will you stop the water
getting in there I've got a seal kit for
it unfortunately so good job yeah just
something that pretty handy to keep in
the space Department well I've got a
disassembled of pumps this is the that's
a business end of it that's the chopper
it's just a like a little little
propeller and spins around and turns it
into nice soup but once it gets a lot of
hair and it certainly messes with the
efficiency quart of quite a bit and
that's why they don't like sometimes
heavy duty sort of toilet paper they
don't doesn't really agree with them but
yeah they don't chop up here that well
it's a constant problem isn't it yeah
look he gets everywhere and sort of
doesn't really doesn't matter whether
you're Troy or not it's just you
wouldn't think it would end up in the
toilet bowl but it does the chopper
upper is all banged up down
that's salami skin I can say it that
salami skin yeah
let's wait on an interesting journey
fellas pretty good huh I think that's
what our replies last time Marini
no yeah oh no I've got a corrosion
situation going on yeah well anyway
that's the seal that's obviously filed
yeah these poor ol engines they
certainly don't like salt water and
that's what it's been sucking in there
so anyway
does that mean that the engine will be
bunk and what just the cell replacement
kit will sort of saw there oh I'll have
to pull it apart to see how much damage
has been done
look it still works I'm tipping out of
probably just clean up all right
yeah I'll think of the icon okay we're
in the shade let's go push his teeth
that certainly does anyway that ain't
looks all wrong it'll be the other end
it'll be the problem okay now that looks
pretty good actually
that magnet
I'm supposed to be caught you can
actually see it's um it's been touching
on the on the armature and see that
little shiny between that magnet just
fell out of the inside of that engine
knee yeah and it's um it's just been
just touching the armature on there
which they don't Lord creates a bit of a
short I think we might be able to just
epoxy it back in just no decline it up
and Bob's your uncle that'll sweeten me
up a bit now this mixed up some glue and
I'll talked it in there and the magnet
filling off what's wrong
yeah I can't even put it together I
think I'll just wreck stuff okay there
were a few things wrong with this thing
but now there's a lot
you're amazing
okay so there was a bit of a shame we
almost had a fix on the old toilet pump
but yeah once that magnet was broken
that was pretty much game over
unfortunately Darren's bench Oh about
three hours this morning cleaning the
whole pump up and getting it all sorted
out so yeah just so you know you can
actually clean the pumps up and put the
seal kit back in which we did have on
board and get them going again but
unfortunately with the breaking of the
magnet it was game over oh well that's
the way it goes sometimes
so yeah Darren is just popped into town
and will soon be on our way Allu and
included so thank you so much for
watching that was a an interesting
little week we had on there and the fun
didn't stop with the toilet oh goodness
me anyway we are venturing our way north
because it is cold in the morning
and time to get to warmer climates and
we've got a nice 10 to 15 knots forecast
for this morning so we might throw out
the old spinnaker see how I go for a
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