Stingray Point Boatworks
02 July 2019 | Stingray Point
Ian Sales | Hot
After filling up with fuel we motored round to our haulout destination on Saturday evening arriving at about half tide. Its shallow here, there is a marked channel into the creek and then a few hundred yards before we could dock at the entrance to the haul out pit where we will be lifted on the Monday. Luckily we did not touch bottom even though the depth sounded was bumping off its marks.
We took the sails off on Sunday and folded them off in a convenient nearby field. Come Monday morning the lifting crew arrived at 0730, they spun the boat around and reversed into the lift pit where we were just short enough to jot have to indo the backstage. We were duly lifted and parked in a good spot on the hard to endure our next fortnight before we fly home. Today Tuesday we borrowed the loaner car and took the sails to the sailmaker for minor repairs and picked up some groceries. Its 90F during the days but we have our over boat canopy deployed to give us max shade and our new fridge is air cooled as well as water cooled so we can run it out if the water....result.