Pre-launch

So while the Captain strapped her onto the trailer, I cleaned up the tarp area, and by the time I finished cleaning up, the Captain was almost ready to head out to the launch dock at Anacortes State Park(?). By the time we got there we were sooo ready to step the mast. We left Olympia around 10:45ish,and we got to Anacortes around 1:45. Captain Carey couldn't get the new motor on fast enough. He was so ready to test it out on Simplicity. The 'pre-launch' motor tested out with flying colors. His chest stuck out so proudly, he almost fell over. hahahahaha. Now to step the mast. bunkmate

Boat yard

Wow did those 3 days go by fast, I didn't even get a chance to up-date at all. Well we are back from our extended week-end, and everything went so smooth, we were ahead of schedule for most of the trip. We got in the sling early, we got the keel scraped, sanded, the barrier paint on, and painted way earlier than we thought. Our 'sling to trailer' appointment was set at 3:30, and we ended up moving it up to 10:30. Quite an accomplishment, for all the work we did. We slept in the boatyard that night, it was kinda kewl, cuz we were the only people in the yard. It seems like so looong ago. The next morning the Captain got up early (as usual) and finished the tip of the keel, and we were ready. bunkmate

Four Pads

The captain is having a hard time finding a weather window to finally finish the last four pads but he's working it hard, it started sprinkling as he finished the epoxy, we hung plastic to keep the rain from running down the sides and mess up the hard work that has gone into the grinding, sanding, filing, epoxy, then sanding, more epoxy, sanding, and now more epoxy, and now we wait for it to set up so hopefully he can sand it down and get some protective coats on and have the paint on and dry by Wednesday when we leave for Oak Harbor. It's supposed to rain allot in the next couple of days. Come on weather window. Bunkmate

underside

simplicity's bottom side is finished. Although under four pads needs to be done, but we are callin it done.. Now comes the part of putting everything back on her, inside and out, and finish the little things that can be done anytime, but still needs to be done, ya know, the dodahs. She looks absolutely beautiful, the captain does good work. We are ten days away from splash day, not that we are counting down or anything. The captain is mounting the tiller, getting the rudder in place, checkin batteries, n that fun stuff. The only thing I can think of is sailing. I wanna go now. Just the other day we received 8 more charts of the San Juan islands, so guess what we are going to be doing, every night when the sun goes down. Our dream is starting to take shape, we are right on schedule. bunkmate.

bottom paint prep

The prep time on her bottom is taking a little more time than thought, but Captain Carey is doing it right, taking it all the way down, to get to the deep blisters that were just covered up by whom ever did her bottom last. Its so comforting to always know that it is always done correctly when the captain is finished. Just like everything he does. We are going with the black bottom. Bunkmate ;~)