We finally got enough done on the boat to put it back in the water. Hoorah!! We are by no means done working on the boat before we can use it but at least it is floating again and it’s a little bit closer to being able to be used.

This morning Moonraker was lifted on to the slings of the travel lift and gently moved from the spot she has occupied for the past nine months. We will not miss that spot. The view is certainly not as good as the one where we will be moving her tomorrow morning. The picture above was taken just before she was lowered down into the water. The trip back to our home marina is ten minutes by car or two hours by boat. We don’t currently have any sails on the boat so it will be a power boat ride home. We get to motor down Back Creek, south into the Chesapeake Bay, hang a right at Thomas Point Lighthouse, up the South River to Duval Creek and home sweet home. Lucky for us they rented our slip for the season so we get to keep the boat at the transient dock which makes it much easier for us to dock. We are looking forward to catching up with our slip neighbors again!

It is so nice to be able to write about sailboats and not cancer this time. Just an update though. The new lump in Bill’s leg was definitely melanoma again. It was removed a few weeks ago. We’ve finished all the infusions and the next scan will be on June 8th. That is when we will find out if the cancer is growing again anywhere else in his body. If it is that doesn’t mean the medicine didn’t work, it just means it hasn’t worked yet. We are still hoping for, and planning for the best.