Hello Everyone!
It has been a few months since our last update; we are getting ready to set sail again. Tanya has been working, I graduate from school next month, we are getting the boat fixed up, and we started provisioning today! Exciting!
A few pics…
We had been on a waiting list to haul out since last December but were told there was no prayer for a space. Long story short, after several months of waiting I called and they told me “sure we have lots of room.” We departed our local marina and motored a few hours north.
Dock side for a 0900 haul:
…at 1030:
On the wash rack for a pressure wash:
High and dry:
We are back at it, touching up paint, etc.:
Recoated the anchor and chain:
Marked the chain every 10 feet:
One thing (of the many things) I never got around to doing was painting the main boom. The finish was rough and faded:
After a couple of coats of primer and some Matterhorn white, it looked beautiful. The paint came out really nice. Later that night it poured and of course the boom looked like a snake skin wallet the next morning:
After sanding and a couple additional coats of Awlgrip…almost perfect! The shine is amazing:
So shiny, and inside that cardboard tube on the floor to the right is a brand new whisker pole!
We still have a few projects left but nothing too big. We are looking forward to sailing the Pacific in 2019!!