SV Windrifter42

Our haul out lasted just four days but it was a busy four days. We scraped the hull for a day and half trying to remove all barnacle residue – these little fellas leave a sort of cement circle where they attached to the hull. I found the only way to remove some barnacles was with a dental pick. It was a slow process but I had some past training trying to get the paint off our “this old house” fireplace mantel. The entire bottom then had to be power sanded and washed down, and then painted. John and I both took a side to paint and we were done in time for a late dinner. During this time, we also took care of some general maintenance issues, including repacking the stuffing box, cleaning and polishing the prop, and greasing and checking all the seacocks (yes, I can now do this if I can get the silly nuts off with a socket wrench). The boatyard staff also cleaned and polished the topsides so we could be finished by our Monday launch date.