Shake, Rattle & Roll

Team Toucan for the Salty Dawg Rally. Bruce, Rob, Brendan, Alley, Jon & Di
Team Toucan for the Salty Dawg Rally. Bruce, Rob, Brendan, Alley, Jon & Di

Yes we are trying to keep the theme going with those catchy titles, but in this case it is rather poignant. When we purchased Toucan we were aware that there was some work to  be done to ensure her seaworthiness and as we have already spoken about we were really naïve as to how much we needed to repair replace or just remove to make our objective. So after some four months of hard labour we felt that we were as ready as we would ever be. The war cry from Di before and during this period was “I don’t want to have the sea trial on the way to the BVI’s” and my answer was “I absolutely agree with you!”  So, how did the 1500 nautical mile sea trial go? Let me tell you. Continue reading “Shake, Rattle & Roll”