[Rhodes22-list] Out of the water

[Ben Schultz]

On Saturday, I had Velvet Elvis hauled out of the water for the first time
since Elton dropped it off (it was foggy, but not raining, as I recall).  If
I remember right, that's been more than four years, so expected the bottom
to be a real mess.

 

To my pleasant surprise, the bottom had a layer of slime, but cleaned up
pretty good with a pressure wash.  I can't imagine why it wasn't worse.  I
guess I sail in fairly salty water, but slip in more fresh water, so any
particular species of slime can't get comfortable.

 

In case you were wondering, I don't even have a trailer, had I wanted to
pull out before now.  One of these days I'll get one, perhaps, but then I'd
just need another vehicle that could two it, a spot to keep the trailer
while the boat's in the water, etc.  Hassles.  Anyway, I'm hopefully sailing
again this weekend.  For some reason, we've had a couple of fronts that are
keeping the heat of summer fairly manageable.

 

 

 

 



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