The Haul Out & Bottom Job Deltaville, Va 10/22 ~ 10/31

At first glance, she really did not look all the bad.... After she was up and secure on the stands we were able to perform a better inspection. We found large areas of the hull that were covered with 'water blisters' under the bottom paint. There was not any rust showing anywhere, but given enough time to degrade, would definitely do some major damage. After we sanded of the bottom paint, we discovered that there had not been good enough prep/sanding done on many areas before te bottom paint. We had a lot of help at this stage before we launched, and we madethe mistake of not checking things more carefully. But, now we know :-)



Kinda dirty, huh?.... One of the major reasons that we wanted/needed to haul out was to re-strike the water line. This picture shows really well the corrosion, barnacles and muck that is on the painted hull of the boat and not protected by the black stripe of bottom paint.

Getting her parked in her spot....



Tamer sanding away and working hard, like always!

Back to ladder boarding... At least it is only temporary :-)

Tamer, Blayde and Paul re-striking the water line so we know how far up the side to sand and prep.

Starboard side ready for the first coat of paint. You can see in this photo were the sanding stopped, and where the new water line will be.

Port side....

The ablative bottom paint is very soft, and Valin proved this!

Paul, getting his first haul out experience... His hard work allowed me and the boys the luxury of leaving to Ohio for most of this work time. Thanks!

Normally, all of the gray water we produce goes straight over board. During haul out we have to hook up a drain hose and bucket or it makes a terrible mess.

TA DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND TAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!