Boat Fun on Land

We hauled the boat out on the 30^th of December with big plans add a boot stripe along the waterline, paint the bottom, touch up the paint on the topsides where we removed the wind steering and generally make the boat tidy again. Surprisingly, it all worked out really well. We came out of the water Tuesday morning and by Tuesday night we had Tarun wet sanded, the keel covered in Primicon, and the water line taped and straightened. The rest of the work went well and we finished everything we planned to do yesterday afternoon. We are hoping to go back in the water today if the weather holds. The forecast is for 20-30 knots but at 08:00 there is not much so maybe we will be all right. It has been a treat doing the work here. They parked the boat right outside the toilets and shower so no long walk. They yard has proper scaffolding that you can use (for money of course), and the guy that is running the travel lift over the holidays (Val) is great. He’s been around for a long time and fills in on holidays. He takes great care of the boats and is generous to a fault. He is coming in today to launch us when it is rightfully his day off. I suspect he kind of half lives in the yard.

The boat looks great and I will post a few pictures of the new paint job on the blog as well. It’s been really quiet in the yard over the holidays. Most of the stands are empty and not many people are around.