Haulout day!

Well, it was finally time to get her out of the water and look at the bottom. I had to wait nearly a month for a slot at the boatyard.

Leaving the dock under her own power for the first time since God knows when.

And off across the harbor we go. Looks bereft without a mast.



At the stand-by berth waiting for the lift.

Starting the lift

On the hard and power-washed. Looking better than expected.

The hull is in great condition. Lack of care to the zincs, though, has allowed electrolysis to corrode the steel fin keel. It's pretty pitted, and has lost almost all its anti-fouling.

The cutlass bearing was more worn than you'd expect for so few hours, but the reason is easy to see. The shaft is not centered in the strut, it's riding on the bottom. This will have to be rectified before we relaunch.