I didn't want to spend the money but Matt insisted as part of his free work for three weeks in difficult conditions extravaganza that I have the boat professionally cleaned. So I did. Turned out to be a great idea. Of course, just having the girls around the boat was worth it, but they knew their stuff and cleaned pretty much every nook and cranny on the topsides and hulls, then waxed everything by hand. The boat looks cleaner than ever. It is really starting to transform in front of our eyes from a sleeping storage boat into a real live cruising sailboat. The excitement is starting again. PS. that's Jeff doing the crack re-repair (see below).