T-2 and counting...

Now its getting serious!

Our Saturday departure is on track and still we have so much to do.

Yesterday we took delivery of the new Sat Phone. It really is for emergency use only and will give us peace of mind that wherever we are in the world, we will be able to contact civilisation. We think of it as an essential piece of safety gear and will give us that extra level of confidence when we are in remote places. The 50% government subsidy on the capital cost of the phone was an unexpected bonus.

The interior of Moonshadow is now 'ship-shape' and ready for cruising. All the 'junk' has been removed, inventories completed and navigation station organised. Safety systems are all in place including AIS, HF Radio and communication systems. A high gain antenna for our Telstra wifi has been installed on the aft rail so we should be able to pick up some signal if we are not too far off the coast. This means that we will be able to receive emails and write to this blog as well as update the web site.

Moonshadow has also been allocated an official HF Call sign VJN4554 as both Margie and I have qualified for our ships HF operators licence.

These are our channels of communication if you don't have them already:

Email: jeremy1@iinet.net.au

Blog: www.moonshadowone.blogspot.com.au

Photography Website: www.jeremydixonphotography.com.au

Moonshadow website: www.moonshadow.net.au

Skype name: sv.moonshadow

Facebook: Jeremy Dixon

We would love you to keep up to date on the blog, and please feel free to leave comments, as a way of keeping in touch with you.

We have another load of 'stuff' to take to storage in the sea container at Heidi and Jasons place. It's busting at the seams! We have a car trailer to take the old Toyota as well as the Harley Davidson, which we have not been able to sell as yet. We might take her up to Darwin, which will be fun!

If anyone wants to buy the Harley, please let us know! :-)

The phone landline to Moonshadow has been disconnected, the mail re-directed and the decks inspected. (Sorry, that was terrible prose, but after all this is a blog!)

Ok, That's enough for now. Onwards and upwards..