January 2, 2009

Over two months now without moving from the slip.  Granted, it’s the middle of winter, but it’s been pretty mild so far.   Other things have taken up most of my time and I just haven’t been able to spend more than a few minutes checking on things every few days.  I thought maybe I could take her out for a short motor this weekend, but it looks like rain is on tap for both days.

It’s been a year since the last haul-out, so she’s due for a wash and new zincs on the shaft.   She’s also due for a new bottom job.   I haven’t decided whether to drop her off at Northshore Marine, just a few hundred yards away, or save a few hundred by taking her to Slidell and up in to Bayou Bonfouca, where I can do the work myself at Maritime Systems.   I’d like to do the latter and take the opportunity to compound and buff out the topsides and do some other work while she’s blocked.

~ by phallock on January 3, 2009.