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Another New Season Approaching Fast
Thursday 12th March 2009
Mast stepping 2009
The winter is almost over and thankfully spring is starting to show signs of arriving. 2009 seems to be moving at a very fast rate and it’s not long now until the crew move back onto Halcyon and start another season of cruising.
I know you may think our newsletter has been a bit quiet but believe me behind the scenes there is a lot going on.
Halcyon is now back in the water with her topsides gleaming from an excellent re-paint and varnish. The masts were stepped on Monday 9th March in effortless wonder as only Tommi’s team can. Meanwhile the new 16KW Mastervolt genset is in place and the new windlass is on board. Her clinker and RIB are on the deck and after 6 months of pampering she is looking like the lady that she has always been and deserves to be.
Due to a slight glitch with one of the bridges along the Gloucester Canal, we have to move her out of the shipyard on the morning of Monday 16th March which is a little earlier than anticipated. Her final preparations will be done down in Purton, just a short trip from the yard.
The Halcyon marketing team jetted off to Dubai to host a stand at the Dubai Boat Show and promote the Halcyon experience from 3-7 March. It was a fantastic opportunity and milestone for us to promote Halcyon and have her photos on display for all to see. We had some very encouraging offers of PR and exposure from some of the magazines over there and got the opportunity to chat to some of the sailing enthusiasts within the ex-pat community.
We have now recruited our crew for this season and we are happy to announce that Oliver Cotterell will be joining as Mate and Kerri Humm as Chef. Both crew join us on Monday 23 March to help prepare Halcyon for her season. We are very excited to be working with them and you will hear more from them later on.
This season looks to be shaping up nicely. We plan to cruise to Pembrokeshire from Gloucester, then head over to Cork before cruising up to Largs where we will be spending a little longer this year and therefore able to discover more of the Western Isles.
I have to say that I am chomping at the bit, although I have managed to be on the water during the winter I am desperate to have Halcyon’s reassuringly sturdy deck under my feet and feel her cut through the seas in her inimitable style; I have a feeling its going to be a great season.