It's that time again

[luckydave215]

I'm in the yard.
Bottom paint/propspeed, new ducer, all new fuel lines for the gens/priming system, painting the decks, and a new dinghy cradle.
I hauled at "Big Corporate" (formerly Shelter Island Boatyard) and see only minimal changes. The personnel, prices, and policies seem to be the same.

[nor'easter]

Dave,
Great to hear she is ready for the summer. Good also to hear the SIBY is still intact-ish.
Paul

[Scarlett]

You’re lucky Dave, lots of my friends think that their prices have gone up a lot. Been hearing a lot of Baja Naval next time comments. No one ever figures in the cost of fuel to get there and back.

[Scarlett]

Dave, saw your boat today, looking good, hope they remember to put the trim tabs back on

[luckydave215]

We launched yesterday, and had the expected fun bleeding fuel after replacing all the lines.
Yes, I have priming pumps, but the line from the forward tank to the starboard gen got drained, and it's ~50' long.
Just running the lines was of course a challenge as many are in areas only accessible by a three armed midget.
The deck/cockpit paint job will be finished in my slip.
It was a long two weeks, I'm beat.

[luckydave215]

On the way back from the yard I ran her up to the pins for a couple miles, with 3/4 fuel and about three hundred gallons of water she hit 27 knots into roughly a 15 knot wind.
Top rpm was 2375, so she hasn't lost any speed over the years.