We have started our refit! Paikea is out of the water in Barcelona and Shayne is spending whatever spare minutes he has from America’s Cup work to help the boys and me with work on our own boat. Harry takes us through what our plans are for the interior refit of Paikea. It is ambitious and a crazy amount of work especially since Shayne is busy with 60+ hours a week in Americas’ Cup world but if you know us, then you know we like a challenge!
The discovery in the previous episode of a large crack in the bottom of the hull has everyone (except for Shayne) slightly concerned. As Paikea slowly settles on her blocks, the crack starts to open up further and we decide it is worth getting the Travel Lift back to move the blocks to a better spot. While the boat is being lifted we can also remove those rudders and get ready for the third reincarnation of our Paikea aft steering foils. Shayne’s most recently designed rudders are efficient and fast but he is still not happy with the build quality so now that we are in Spain we should be able to source the correct materials and tools to make proper moulds for a matching pair of rudders.
Lots of footage of the kids helping out, we hope you enjoy this episode!