If you have seen a previous entry in the blog we recently tore our mainsail. While we are having a new one made we thought we would take the opportunity to haul our boat out of the water and bottom paint. At 12 noon Sept 24th I disembarked from Constitution Marina and headed over to Admiral's Hill Marina in Chelsea, MA. This was timed to coincide with high tide because the depths over there are not great. Actually, awful at low tide. I arrived and the service was fantastic. Bill the lift operator was very knowledgeable and helpful. We hauled Prairie Gold out of the water and put her on stands. Because we have had divers clean the bottom she was in good shape. Actually, if we hadn't hauled her she would have been fine until spring 2015. But because we couldn't sail we thought that we would use the time to clean and bottom paint so that she doesn't need to come out again until 2016 (hopefully). By 5pm bottom painting was finished. I must admit that I looked a little like a smurf afterwards but all is well. Tomorrow we can relaunch.
Also, Doyle sails has called and our new mainsail is ready for collection. Guess what I am doing this weekend?
Not sure your definition of "quick", but as it's been over 2 months since you began this paint job I'd argue it's more of a glacial pace.
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