Good morning y'all!
Just a quick update, yesterday we've finally hauled out Boundless at Clarke's Court Boatyard, where she'll be on the hard for a couple of weeks. It was heart-wrenching to leave our so-familiar-anchoring-spot off Calivigny where we had spent at that point 73 days in lockdown, but... let's get this done already so we can go back if we want to!
We're getting a bottom job done, we're getting Achilles, our sturdy dinghy, cleaned and checked out, Bounds props checked out, sail drive fixed, we're getting a little interior re-varnishing in the galley and some work on the fridge door. Nothing too crazy, the bottom job is really the main part. It's been very interesting and funny to look at the hulls while Boundless was on the lift, any part touching the water had a substantial... "beard" of growth, barnacles, and a few tiny crabs were seen scuttling away as they detected a... sudden radical change in the environment immediately surrounding them. 😊
While still on the lift, a powerful pressure wash cleaned the hulls, the daggerboards and the anchor chain of all the growth, and was followed by detailed scrubbing later with the boat actually on the hard. Then there'll be sanding, and after that, the bottom will be ready for re-painting! It made me think that I haven't had a good spa in a while, even a good body scrub would suffice.😂
While Boundless gets her spa, we've rented a small apartment nearby with easy access to the boatyard and the boat, so that we can do our own part of projects. So, for now,
Tha-tha-that's all Folks!