Boatyard Blues
05 May 2011
Seeing the boat get lifted out of the water is nerve racking. We could only hope that the straps were positioned properly. We stopped holding our breath when the boat was successfully lifted and moved onto land. The boatyard is concrete surrounded by dirt fields -filled w/ other boats out of the water. Although it seems an unnatural thing to have the boat out of water, it's necessary so that we can clean and paint the bottom. We need to sand, scrape and apply special paint so that barnacles and what not don't grow on the boat. While we're here, we're doing a number of other projects too, like a new thru-hull for the holding tank (holds the you know what.) All fun stuff.
We have lots of dirt, dust and wind . We trudge up and down ladders to get in and out of the boat and to go to the bathroom. Then there's the missing workers that are supposed to help us. We're living in a parking lot for boats. A few more days to go. I got the boatyard blues.