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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well he wants to test it at first he