Ok thought we were going in the water sometime ago, just needed a touch of bottom paint. Wrong. Had to get the old paint soda blasted off as the PO never really did any of that sort of stuff, so a decade or so of old nasty bottom paint on the boat. Had the boatyard get a guy in to soda blast the bottom. Peachy! Nope, not quite so fast there new boat owner.
This is close up of what was left after the soda blast was finished. Many hours of rust removal from the keel, many hours of sanding, four coats of barrier coat, THEN a coat of ablative anti-foul. Now can we go in the water PLEASE?
Crane trip into the well. So yes we made it into the water. And didn't need to be pulled immediately out of the water either. Motor started immediately and off we went. Had a friend I met at sailing classes, actually one of the instructors, help me drive it out to the slip.
Had no idea that mooring was so stressful. First off going in reverse to back down is a no go. Stopping, yes, going anywhere but in a circle? Not happening yet. Tomorrow is hanging the sails day. Then maybe we can get some sailing pictures up.
Later all!
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