MikeP
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The boat's back in the water after the short haul for the insurance survey and everything looked great - there were some of the famous Hatteras pinhole blisters but, as the surveyor said, "you know about these, right? They are totally meaningless as far as the boat structure is concerned."
The props had no sign at all of their recent mud bath so that was good and the bottom paint (2013) still looked great - even the yard guy (who would make money doing the painting) commented, "Why are you pulling this boat?" When I explained it was for the Ins survey he just rolled his eyes. Actually several people rolled their eyes over the concept of having to pull the boat for an insurance survey. All previous ones were done in the water.
The only bad part is that the trim paint stripe got scuffed in one spot rather badly going into the lift slip. It's very tight to maneuver into and the tide was quit high so the rubrail was above the top of the piling and the paint stripe area in a 1 ft long section at the bow hit the top of the piling. I'm hoping I can make it less apparent with some rubbing out but I know that won't eliminate it.
Maybe I should charge the insurance company for a repaint since they required the boat to be pulled! Then again, I suppose they could drop my insurance coverage claiming that since I rubbed the piling I'm insufficiently capable of handling the boat!
Surveyor is still here doing surveyor stuff but at least the boat is back safe in the water where it belongs! With a really clean bottom/running gear and new zincs, maybe we'll take it out tomorrow and see if we can hit what I consider is the "magic" 18 knots!
The props had no sign at all of their recent mud bath so that was good and the bottom paint (2013) still looked great - even the yard guy (who would make money doing the painting) commented, "Why are you pulling this boat?" When I explained it was for the Ins survey he just rolled his eyes. Actually several people rolled their eyes over the concept of having to pull the boat for an insurance survey. All previous ones were done in the water.
The only bad part is that the trim paint stripe got scuffed in one spot rather badly going into the lift slip. It's very tight to maneuver into and the tide was quit high so the rubrail was above the top of the piling and the paint stripe area in a 1 ft long section at the bow hit the top of the piling. I'm hoping I can make it less apparent with some rubbing out but I know that won't eliminate it.
Maybe I should charge the insurance company for a repaint since they required the boat to be pulled! Then again, I suppose they could drop my insurance coverage claiming that since I rubbed the piling I'm insufficiently capable of handling the boat!
Surveyor is still here doing surveyor stuff but at least the boat is back safe in the water where it belongs! With a really clean bottom/running gear and new zincs, maybe we'll take it out tomorrow and see if we can hit what I consider is the "magic" 18 knots!
Two way average was 17.7. It was accelerating really nicely (for a big, heavy, underpowered boat) and blasted through 17k and climbing but it hit the wall just short of 18. Oh well, considering all the tools we have on board plus the fact that every locker is full and we had 3/4 fuel and full water tanks, we were quite pleased with the 17.7. 
