No luck with getting Shepherd Moons off her mooring.  The slipway had an urgent project, and has a piece of equipment to repair, so my friend decided to go back to Melbourne and commitments there. 

Not before we managed to get some cleaning done though.  And we got the motor working again and cleaned about half a metre of growth off the prop.

Now it is back to waiting for the right combination of tides and equipment.  Pity careening is now illegal in most areas..  I've been tempted to head over to an island and take my chances with laying her on her side at low tide.

The up side was that Sheppy is relatively clean and a lot of stuff that doesn't need to be aboard is removed.

I hope now she can be slipped in June or July.