Launch Day 2019!
05 July 2019 | Hindson Marina
Susan Robin | 90 degrees, 80% humidity
After a week of fibre glassing, painting, polishing, and lots of engine room prep., We are happy to have Eagle Heart back in water. Before moving her over to our assigned dock, we decided to take her out on a test run. The engines purred like kittens but there is still a leak in the transmission bearing, (after having it rebuilt here)so the marina mechanic will have to fix that for us before we start cruising. Once we were securely alongside our dock the first thing we did was hook up our power & water. The temp rose to 90 degrees with approximately 80 percent humidity, so we were anxious to start up the air conditioner. After lunch we took a trip to Midland to buy a few more boat supplies;we do very well supporting the local economy when we are preparing to go cruising. Tomorrow we will take a day off and drive 3 hours to Elmira. Our looper friends Kurt & Leanne live there. They were kind enough to bring a large tote full of our boat stuff back from the Bahamas. So we will pick up our tote and have a visit.
Todays picture is Susan chewing her fingernails during launch. The sling on the stern slipped off the transom, and the boat dropped two feet. Luckily. Stopped just before hitting shafts or could have been a bad day!