March 16th Armondo started chipping the paint away. He turned the job over to two girls, they chipped for a couple of hours and went to lunch. After lunch Armundo took the grinder to a spot and decided to get a sand blaster, which should be here tomorrow. Meanwhile, Russ and I took the swim ladder off.

March 17th. The yard crew brought over one boat stands of the modified stands to see if it was tall enough. They had taken a stand and welded extensions on to it. They are working on the other seven stands. When they have all the stands completed then we will be out of the travel lift and slings.