Christmas 2005
Captain's Christmas News 16th December 2005
Kat and I arrived back on board Alvei one week ago today. We spent a couple of days cleaning things up. Got the fire hose out and gave the deck a good scrub. And put in a day in the galley cleaning and making an inventory. We were able to get all the engines back on line and running in a day.
Have spent a couple of days on the fore top yard getting it cleaned up for fresh rigging slush and overhauling some of the blocks. Now we have a showery day, good for correspondence.
We had a meeting with the Project MARC people the day after we returned. They are committed to using Alvei as the “flagship” of their medical aid work in Vanuatu. They want to use Alvei for the months of August, September and October. In November we will set sail for Australia.
We are planning to have Alvei underway for the islands by the middle of April. Allowing a month or so for the passage north we should be in the islands from late May onwards.
Two weeks ago we started a dialogue with a European company who are making a reality television series. This is still in the early stages, but they have said they would like to use Alvei for 3 or 4 ten-day sessions comprised of 10 contestants each. This would be about 2 months work and would fill June and July.
I got a note from Dan Hennah 2 days ago. He is part of a project Danny DeVito is producing. They both visited Alvei 3 months ago and said they would like to use Alvei in a film. He said he was just back from New York for the premiere of King Kong and would be over for a visit soon. At this point in time all I know is that they plan to start work in February.
The Project MARC offer is for real and we will do it. The movie and television jobs are still just potential
at the moment. Time will tell.
When MARC is with us we will have room for only 6 or 7 crew. If the television project actually happens the same will be true. I don’t think there will be space restrictions with the Kiwi film project. We will have room for up to 18 crew after we finish with MARC.
Kat and I arrived back on board Alvei one week ago today. We spent a couple of days cleaning things up. Got the fire hose out and gave the deck a good scrub. And put in a day in the galley cleaning and making an inventory. We were able to get all the engines back on line and running in a day.
Have spent a couple of days on the fore top yard getting it cleaned up for fresh rigging slush and overhauling some of the blocks. Now we have a showery day, good for correspondence.
We had a meeting with the Project MARC people the day after we returned. They are committed to using Alvei as the “flagship” of their medical aid work in Vanuatu. They want to use Alvei for the months of August, September and October. In November we will set sail for Australia.
We are planning to have Alvei underway for the islands by the middle of April. Allowing a month or so for the passage north we should be in the islands from late May onwards.
Two weeks ago we started a dialogue with a European company who are making a reality television series. This is still in the early stages, but they have said they would like to use Alvei for 3 or 4 ten-day sessions comprised of 10 contestants each. This would be about 2 months work and would fill June and July.
I got a note from Dan Hennah 2 days ago. He is part of a project Danny DeVito is producing. They both visited Alvei 3 months ago and said they would like to use Alvei in a film. He said he was just back from New York for the premiere of King Kong and would be over for a visit soon. At this point in time all I know is that they plan to start work in February.
The Project MARC offer is for real and we will do it. The movie and television jobs are still just potential
at the moment. Time will tell.
When MARC is with us we will have room for only 6 or 7 crew. If the television project actually happens the same will be true. I don’t think there will be space restrictions with the Kiwi film project. We will have room for up to 18 crew after we finish with MARC.
