Tuesday 10 August 2021
Home in Ringwood
In some ways, tonight’s title is a bit misleading. I don’t have anymore reports of sailing adventures to post. And I don’t think anyone wants to hear about me nearly mowing the lawns, but deciding instead to sleep and stay in my pajamas all day …
… but I am keen to have a go at sorting through some of the video footage from the trans-Tasman voyage and putting a few clips together for general viewing.
I see Harm has already uploaded some video clips onto Facebook, which is great and I’m sure some people might already have seen them. But I’ll try and edit a few video snippets from each day, between 19/7 and 3/8, and upload it asap – it won’t be anything slick or fancy, but will build a bit on the photos already uploaded
With lockdown here in Melbourne I’m not able to travel down to the boat, which is a bit frustrating. At the moment I need to obtain a marine survey and valuation of Chimere – within a month of arriving back – so as to avoid paying customs duty, essentially on the importation of a boat!
I’ve got to prove that I first exported the boat, and am now returning the same boat. Once I’ve done this, I can then legally use Chimere again and avoid the duty. All because Chimere has been out of the country for more than 12 months. When I sailed away in January 2020 I never thought this would be something I’d have to do, but there you go – no concessions for delays due to COVID
And whilst Chimere is still technically on the market, I’ve decided to delete the current online adverts, in order to focus on doing a bit of a tidy-up and de-clutter onboard. I’ll then re-advertise her in a few months time. I’ll also need to do a new sale promo-video given so much has changed since I did the last one in January.
Thanks again for your interest and encouragement, sorry there’s nothing more to report
Smooth seas, fair breeze and more to come…
Rob Latimer
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