Ready to Depart Boat Yard

Everything has been completed as far as the fuel tank replacement project is concerned. The generator was connected to the fuel line and run this morning. The "shark skin" that had been protecting (with some success) the saloon deck has been removed. The sand and small pieces of gravel cleaned up.

The final item was to haul Sanderling to check her bottom, cutlass bearings, and zincs. The bottom only had a bit of slime, and there was a small amount of growth (worms and small barnacles) on the shafts and wheels which were scraped off. Two shaft zincs needed to be replaced; the remaining zincs were still in good shape. Sanderling was out of the water for no more than 45 minutes.

Now she's lying against the dock. I reconnected the starting battery and ran the engines for a short while as I was checking out the various electronics, inverter and Link 1000 electrical usage monitor. We ran the generator so we could check out the heat pumps and charger.

Now we need to clean and dust, and put things away. We should finish cleaning tomorrow (Sunday) and then we can take her down to our marina on Monday, and load items we need for our trip north on Tuesday and Wednesday. With any luck we'll be on our way north on Thursday.