In the Boat Yard

We had a beautful day to start our second cruising season. We even put the sails up for a while. The trip to Bock Marine from Northwest Creek is a little over 26 miles. We arrived at Bock a little after 1:00, they were waiting on the dock ready to haul us out. The picture above is of Born to Cruise in the sling that they use to haul boats. You cannot see him but on the left side there is a seat for the driver to sit to control the lift. BTC came out with no problems. They power washed the boat and had it blocked by 2:00.

We decided after examing the bottom that we definitely needed paint and we also needed new props. Today we borrowed the Bock Marine "loaner" car and went in search of props. We were able to order props, they should be in on Monday, Tuesday at the latest, so it looks like we will be in the yard until Wednesday. While waiting for the props we will be able complete more projects from our list.

Larry and Randy sanded the bottom and got one coat of paint on today, they will put on a second coat on Monday. We hope this paint will last 3 years, if we are lucky. We also have new hull zincs.

Wayne has been working on replacing engine zincs, we need these because our engines are salt water cooled. He also drained the oil out of the starboard sail drive. I have been cleaning up. I washed windows today. I also put RainX on the inside and outside of the windshield. We have real glass in our windshield and we have found that RainX really helps.