Haulout Day 8
02 November 2011 | Spice Island Marine Services, Grenada
Jeff
You can always tell when you are getting close to completing a haulout, it's when you are putting things on to the boat rather than taking them off. Like putting paint on the bottom rather than taking it off. Or what I did this morning, putting zinc anodes on the prop shaft rather than taking them off. Once again while did this, you guessed it, Pam managed to coax her weary arms into doing more wax on wax off in the ninety degree heat. We stay hydrated by drinking Gatorade and water. During the morning a couple of yard guys came by to move the pods that support the boat. Basically when the boat is hauled out of the water she is set down on her keel. But to keep her from falling over pods are placed on both sides of the hull. Our first coats of bottom paint were applied around these pods. Once that paint dried the yard guys move the pods so we can paint the areas that they concealed. Of course once they moved the pods they revealed more bad paint spots. So Jeff got to put on his coveralls, balaclava, gloves and dust mask again to prep those areas and prime them. Today was a good day because I was able to do all the prep and prime in the morning, which allowed me to get two coats of bottom paint on those areas in the afternoon. Also, along with the pod areas I applied bottom paint to the waterline area that had been taped off to do the red paint. It was a very successful day and we feel good because we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.