Another boat steals Mark

Ship’s Log – June 16, 2009

Wait! Wait! Mark is on the wrong boat! That is him bidding saonara as “Boheme” passes Portland Headlight. Peter Plumb the owner, is heading out on a circumnavigation of Newfoundland and hanging off the stern is Mark who is doing crew work for the first leg over to Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

Still June and maybe we'll get in the water????

Ship's Log – June 14, 2009

Grrrr. Always something. A week of rain. Mark was needed back at the officeand even with Jonathan’s help things were not going to get done, so he bit the bullet and hired the yard – Great Island – to finish up the bottom. “Avalon” went back in the shed for the bottom work as the rain persisted.
































They continued sanding and patching, did the barrier coat and two coats of bottom paint. Even the owner of Great Island Marina in Great Island, Maine (near Harpswell and Brunswick), Steve Rowe got in on the action with the barrier coating. Didn’t want to miss a good time!

Her new bottom paint - shiny as it will ever be.

Mark still continued to deal with the little stuff. Readjust the swim platform to set up the dingy davits, sand and varnish stuff, deal with outboards – what is it with outboard motors???? Two of them. One is now fixed and on the market. The other was declared a disaster and a new one was purchased. Should run for a year anyway.









Launch day came and went several times. Finally on June 9th the grand event happened with next to no fanfare. Just me to show up and holler “Yipiee” in the rain to the yard guys.

Here she is coming out of the shed, being lined up and backed down the boat ramp.

They tied on with the workboat to move her to the dock.

Since this point, Mark has been on to clean her up. She was some dirty! He has continued with the little things such as reinstalling the mast with new LED lights - of course they decided to not work in the upright position so that and a number of small things still need to be fixed. Then all the fluides needed changing - a most fun job. Next stop, Centerboard Yacht Club in South Portland!