This is our third time hauling Dagny at Herrington Harbour and we continue to be impressed with their service. The one thing that takes getting used to is their haulout schedule, they won't guarantee an actual date your boat will be hauled they just guarantee it will be hauled during a certain week. We were scheduled to haul the week of the 28th so our Friday arrival gave us ample time to get a jump on giving Dagny a thorough cleaning inside and out. Spring launch was in full swing as the marina's 5 travel lifts worked non stop clearing the parking lot after a long winter. Our hope was to be hauled sometime Tuesday; however, in the meantime we took full advantage of the free dock, water and electricity.

We were pleasantly surprised at 8:30 Tuesday morning by the yard crew knocking on the hull asking if we were ready to go. We quickly finished breakfast as the tug moved us to the travel lift and by 9:30 Dagny was safely on the hard. The last big job for me to do was wash and polish the hull while Bev did numerous loads of laundry. Although a dark coloured hull may look good the reality is they're hard to keep clean. The salt water spray gets baked on in the hot sun and the best way to get it off is with vinegar. I found some extra strength vinegar and at the risk of smelling like French fries set about washing and polishing. All in all we had 4 very productive days and by the time we were ready to head home Dagny was all set for the next leg of our journey.

So what worked and what didn't? Our new water maker was a game changer for us. It certainly saved tired backs from hauling Jerry cans around but the real bonus was the freedom it gave us to go wherever we wanted and to stay as long as we wanted. Obviously by looking at the picture the anti fouling did it's job, the hull wasn't even rinsed off when we came out of the water. Our new and slightly smaller genoa preformed better then expected as Dagny left lots of boats her size and bigger in her wake. Our to do list is relatively short this year, I removed the heat exchanger and left it to be cleaned and pressure tested. We had a couple of electrical gremlins which we managed to solve with input from a couple of friends although I still need to solve a solar panel issue. The pump for the head needs a service kit; fortunately, I have a spare at home that I can prepare. We also had some issues with the macerator pump, although I don't believe it's a pump issue but a depositor issue.

What's next, we splash Dagny late in June and head to Nova Scotia and hopefully get to spend a couple of weeks in Newfoundland.

Today's picture is of Dagny ready for a well deserved break.