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had to return wrong size prop & shaft |
Dilithium Crystal |
south shore |
HARVEY GAMAGE |
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PICTON CASTLE |
nearing PICTON CASTLE |
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LIBERTY CLIPPER |
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HARVEY GAMAGE |
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Ten Pount light |
Cruiseport Gloucester |
Sea Grille - Sat. Dinner , Sun. Breakfast & Seminars |
AMERICA'S CUP HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY |
Past Commodore Anderson |
Halsey |
John Rousmaniere |
Longley was OZ-SOME ! |
Fishers Island foxes |
why we need to always do the bottom |
Linda was okay with my sleeping next to a virgin that night |
BEAR AWAY 30C reef point layout |
taping boat for 4 mil plastic "skirt enclosure" pre-blasting |
skirt in place and clamped to felt 'floor' |
aft 'dust collector' |
forward 'dust collector' |
inside of skirt became pale blue very quickly |
loading the soda powder |
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inside is a pale blue haze |
thick bottom paint, with blue surface coat still to be blasted |
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skirt dropped |
rolling up skirt in felt to haul off and dispose |
pressure washing 'pale blue' blasting residue off everything that was inside the 'skirt' |
hull / keel joint |
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strbrd side |
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addded to pressure wash for second wash down |
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scrubbed/washed entire topsides & bottom |
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'final rinse' power wash |
very polite, very hard working, very good job |
'Christmas present' snowfall |
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bye, see ya in the spring ! |
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DON'T SNEEZE . . . til the mid & fwd stands are in place ! |
stern stands in place & trailer pulling out |
dead calm day helps |
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shore to door service ! |
BETA butt, top of SELVA saildrive |
special & practical 'Yacht White' BETA 28 - no better engine colour |
partners |
mast step |
night-night on Narr Bay, and rental car to CT |
motoring, DFF on Fishers |
soon to pass the old religious orders resort, Thames River not far |
ready to get underway |
the 'historic' gull tracks |
NBYC sea wall |
end slip, Niantic Bay YC |
last rays over the Sound |
Niantic Bay next left, 2nd evening |
nearing Duck Island, 1st evening |
underway behind Rob, heading past Seawanhaka Corintian YC |
the path toward home |
very helpful yard |
first glimpse in 4 years - yard docked her night before |
breakfast then get going - Art's the chef |
boat full of boat junk for the boat |
Rob drove us - viola, no car problems ! |
our ride from CT River to Oyster Bay |
Arthur |
Arthur, Linda G., & Teresa heading for lobstah dinnah in RNSYS Marine Yard |
port profile |
strbd |
foredeck |
helm & cockpit table |
cockpit |
cockpit instruments |
strbd dbl qtr berth |
head |
salon |
galley from salon |
impromptu early June Social at the Squadron |
sailing friends of over 35 years - Ed & Arthur |
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John Domenech |
East River - NYC, NY |