"I had a very enjoyable week at Middle Percy Island. Memories of previous visits on Nialyn and Tekani 1 came flooding back when I found home-made plaques still in the A Frame from 1988 and 1991, both showing Brian and Ivy as crew.
Andrew Martin's cousin Cate Radcliffe is now on Middle Percy, having wrested it back from the villain who conned Andy into giving the island to him for $10 shortly before he died! Read more about Middle Percy Island here.
A magic place, but don't tell the Greenies about those coloured sands at Whites Bay ... some interesting minerals there ?
TEKANI II is in the Marina at Rosslyn Bay near Yepoon for Christmas, waiting for the remains of Cyclone Fina to go away. The small Paguro gen-set has again failed and I won't waste any more money on repairs from electricians who have never seen this exotic Italian import and seemingly can't cure its numerous ailments. It's heading for a watery grave unless the not-very-helpful Brisbane-based distributors can a) fix it and b) convince me to hang onto it when I get close enough to frog-march one of them aboard.
A wind charger and perhaps a far more reliable small Yanmar at a third of the price of the fault-prone Paguro are the way to go. Meantime TEKANI II can continue south without it with no problems.
A very merry Christmas to you all."
