So last year it was Defiance and this year it the long overdue refit of the displacement power boat.
First job up is the bottom.
The Island Gypsy 44 is number 46 of the type and was launched in later 1984.
And while the mechanical as first rate the exterior is a good 10 years past a renovation.
But first up, the bottom.
A lot if people freak at osmosis but this boat has travelled as good few thousand miles over the past 15 years I have had it, including a 4 day 4 hour non stop run from Newcastle to Hobart and a good few days getting bounced around southern Tasmania.