We were hauled out Friday morning, and basically frittered away the rest of that day, which wasn't actually that much by the time Eolian was blocked up.
Saturday, the work started in earnest. While I wielded the buffer, compounding and waxing the hull, Jane tackled the cabin sides by hand - a smaller but much more tedious job. Above you can easily see the point where I stopped work and took the picture. By the end of Saturday, I couldn't raise my arms and the hull was only half done.
Sunday was basically a repeat of Saturday, yet another sunny day, but cool enough so that heat didn't interfere with the work. And by late Sunday afternoon, the hull was done. And my arms were as limp as two pieces of way overcooked pasta.
And now today - just the little stuff - a new zinc on the prop, painting the transducers with their special paint, and waiting around for the yard guys to start the painting process. They say they will splash us tomorrow... We'll see.
Oh, and a word to those of you out there who plan to haul at Seaview West... sometime since our last haulout (2011), a customer who can only be described as an idiot perched a ladder on top of a sawhorse. When the predictable occurred and he fell and was injured, he sued the boat yard for $275,000.... and won. Because the yard didn't have a sign at the gate that said, "Don't put ladders on top of sawhorses - you could fall and injure yourself." So now the yard does not allow customers the use of their staging. You'll have to rent your own scaffolding and bring it in if you plan to do work that requires it. *Sigh*
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