Jan. 15. Low Tide From The Far Dock
Jan. 15. Joe Making Sure
January 15
The 40 HP Yanmar That Didn't Fit
Jan. 19. Johnny B and
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Working Below
Jan. 19. Sunset From The Far Dock
Jan. 25. After 4 Coats of White Paint
Jan. 25. The Beautiful Painted Transom
Jan. 25. After The Second Coat of White Paint
The Bow Peak being Reborn
Just Before The First Coat of Paint
Johnny B In The Cockpit
Rocky and Johnny B Applying The First Coat
Johnny B Mixing Paint
Jan. 12 to Feb. 1, 2006. Rocky and I got right to work on the boat after my vacation. Our friend,
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When I first got back to Cortez, FL, Rocky, Michael, Jason and I took a road trip to Pensacola, FL, 7 hours away, to pick up a 40 HP diesel engine for our boat. The seller had limited information regarding the engine's dimensions so we took a chance and went to pick it up. It turned out to be too big to fit our boat so we resold it on ebay. We've got another engine that we know will fit being delivered here on Friday, Feb. 3. We were hoping to get our boat out of the yard and into the water by the first of the month to avoid the skyrocketing rates here at the marina since they officially opened the boat yard. We had our boat delivered here from Ft. Pierce on the Atlantic coast several months before the yard officially opened for business. The dry storage rates (having a boat in the yard) are increasing monthly from $12/foot/month to $15 to $20 to $25 by March 1 so it's definitely time to get in the water.
We'll be securing our mast on the deck and then get towed back to Davis Island Yacht Basin where we spent last summer. There, we can get all of our rigging in order before raising our mast by way of leverage between two other boats while we're at achor there. That should be interesting. We have many friends at Davis Island and although we can't wait to head down to Central America, it'll be nice to spend some more time with them.
