I had an exciting birthday this year. We hauled Savannah out, here in
Yap. I can’t tell you how nervous
I was. First off, it’s a railroad
type device that goes down into the water and then pulls the boat out. I’ve never seen that done, so having no
experience, I’m automatically nervous.
Secondly, it’s not wide enough for us, so we were going up sideways. And third, we’re in a place where
they’ve only hauled out four sailboats…ever. There are fourths, fifths and sixths (no insurance – us or
Yap in general for example), but you get the idea.
We had lots of volunteers to help us and Andy had done some
very careful planning on exactly how we were going to get this thing done. With the winds blowing while trying to
get into some tight spaces combined with people from four different countries
(and languages) helping, communication was key. We had a few missteps along the way, but they weren’t
major. In the end, it all went
pretty smoothly. So we’re up out
of the water now. She’s been
hydro-blasted and Andy and Jake are in the process of sanding now. Hopefully we’ll start painting tomorrow
and we’ll be back in the water by the weekend.
Happy Birthday to me!
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| Hydro-blasting |
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| Andy's measurements were spot on for not running into the wall! |
1 comment:
Very well done , considering the whole thing.
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