The emails to and from Partridge Yachts, Kerikeri posted recently on this site relate to the period when Jim had his yacht at Partridge's yard where she was supposed to be brought up to Cat 1 standard to enable Jim's long-held dream of offshore cruising. This work was carried out over 2006-2007.  It became apparent after the boat was brought to the Norsand Yard at Whangarei in mid 2008 that much of the work done at Kerikeri was below standard and in fact the boat was dangerous with the rig likely to fail either after or during her 1st offshore voyage. Unfortunately much of the work carried out at Norsand has since shown that most of the refit work carried out at Kerikeri was sub standard and the episode with the freezer has been just one of many issues. This is the reason why the refit has taken so long and has cost us so much time (and money) at a time of our lives when time is the least affordable commodity. 

Still, we are almost finished now (if one is ever finished with a boat!) and ready to sail off into the deep blue yonder. We'll keep you posted!

Cheers (anf love) J & J(G)