Sister ship

Left is Shemara's sister ship Gazelle. She was built shortly after Shemara, though from what I've heard, she's been misdated to the 1970s. She is planked in cedar, and sold to Australia around ten years ago. This photo is from a for sale ad in Australia in 2002.

Where is she now? I see a lot of Norfolk Pine in the background - could it be Qld?

Paint

Easter was spent waterblasting, scraping, sanding, priming, undercoating and painting. Topsides and hull. It's a bit rough in patches but we ran out of time, so had to be practical. However - a vast improvement! Mike helped me sail her back to the mooring and she really likes a bit of extra wind (20 kt gusts) ; and a smooth hull made a huge difference!

The picture here shows the antifouling job just about done.