Cannot believe we are outta the marina! We had a beautiful night last night, sitting on anchor that was set with our new, gold plated windlass! Dudley is doing a great job having learned to set the snubber and not loose any fingers. Those cute red and black foot buttons took some getting used to and it's wonderful that he'll keep all his fingers! We are so happy to be here in Prickly Bay at last we are feeling the breeze, hearing the windlass doing it's job and the solar panel....our bestest purchase to date (next in line after the new windlass, of course).

Ok, that's it. It didn't last long, floating freely away from the dock that is. We hauled Altair today!! We needed to haul her for a new bottom. We had already decided on red again (my desire to introduce another color other than teal) and of course checking every thru hull, all the stuffing in the box, hehe, and cutlass bearing.

We have so much to do! Barrier coat on the old bottom paint, then new bright red bottom; I'm redoing the faux teak all around the boat that has surely seen better days; I'll be sanding and waxing the entire hull of it's oxidized paint and vertical rust stripes from the rub rail inferior screws and the list goes on!

Keep ya posted!