Yesterday at 0725, we upped the anchor and ran the boat towards the beach until she was hard aground on the sandy bottom. We waited another 30 minutes to let the water depth drop below 1500 mm at the back of the boat then got into the water.
Ready to start scrubbing.
Steve and Russell came over and also grabbed a scrubber and by 1030 low tide, the bottom was clean. Kathy, once the water was shallow enough, ran around the hull with spray on cleaner and removed most of the yellow staining from above the water line while I finished off the rust stains under the bridge deck with Grunt - a product, not my effort.
The boat just at low tide with Kathy up on deck taking in the sun while we still slaved away in the water (well lay around in it chatting anyway).
The girl looks nice and clean again, the job was made that much easier with our friends' help, soft sand and clear, warm water. Just had to keep an eye out for the rather friendly reef sharks that arrive any time you drop an anchor in the bay.
As the sun sank slowly in the West for the last time on this trip at the Lizard Island Marlin bar.
Audra and Steve got their just desserts. In the form of a chocolate and butterscotch mouse we made for them.
Why you may ask, because Steve has run out of all ice cream, lollies and sweets and can do naught but complain that there are no desserts on the bar snack menu.
Yesterday, the forecast for today added a an extra 5 knots of wind and another 1/2 metre of swell, so we decided to wait one more day before heading South to Cooktown on Sunday. With high hopes of some more fish on the way.