Back in the USA and Nimue's re-launch - 26th Oct - 6th Nov 2011
Nimue
Sun 6 Nov 2011 12:01
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It was good to see the friendly face of Joe again, as picked us up from
the airport and drove us back to Herrington Harbour North, where Nimue awaited
us! A few days later, Joe brought the finished stainless steel
frame, which was finally fitted to Nimue’s stern. Joe had done an
excellent job and we were both very pleased with the finished
result. Over the next few days, Michael and I worked really hard to
fix all the electronics back in place (my job was mainly to ensure all the
various widths of electric cable came through smoothly, whilst Michael did all
the difficult stuff!). The fitting the new wind generator (D400) onto it’s
pole was slightly tricky and Michael ended up going up a few steps on a step
ladder placed on the stern of Nimue, holding the heavy wind generator body and
blades (15kg). At one stage he balanced the whole thing on his head and
then finally lifted it into place. All the time I was standing on the
ladder making sure it didn’t move, as one slip could be disaster!
  Nimue with her new arch/frame and being
prepared for re-launch with Michael overseeing
proceedings.
  The yard guys were excellent; making
sure the slings are put in the correct position (above &
below)
    Off we
go................
  Nimue travels to the lifting dock.
The re-cycle container was great and used when items no longer wanted by
one owner
could be “just the thing” for
another!
 The ‘fall’ was clearly upon us and the
colourful trees looked resplendent in the
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