In the slings

While we weren't there to see it, yesterday afternoon the crew at the boatyard moved the boats in the shed in front of us and moved the our boat out into the sunshine. (We had circus duty or we would have been there.)

Later in the afternoon, our good friend Stu Noelte arrived and applied the name to the transom.

When we arrived early this morning, there she was, waiting for us.

The guys were waiting for me to scrape and paint the spots on the hull where it had been resting on the jackstands all winter. Here are two of the "spots" with barrier coat applied.

As soon as the barrier coat dried, we brushed on some black bottom paint and when that had hardened, off Act Three went down the driveway, into the well and in a few minutes was floating happily in the Connecticut River. We were towed into a nearby slip where there was both water and electricity, a rarity at this time of year at Portland Riverside.

We'll start the engines tonight, put up the bridge enclosure and give her a quick wash job.

We took some video of her being lowered into the water. Let's see if this link works:

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