Well, the boat has been hauled out of the water and the bottom pressure washed and is sitting on a stand in the marina yard. She now has a new prop, prop shaft, cutless bearing and is one step closer to being back in the water.
The boat had set in the water for so long that one blade of the old three-blade prop had fallen off thanks to electrolysis and electrolysis had destroyed the cutless bearing and the prop shaft was useless. Mike from QMS Marine in Tampa used 9 sawzall blades to cut off the old stainless steel prop shaft and had a new one milled and got everything put back together again. He still has a couple of thru hull fittings to work on and then, when we get back down to Florida in March, the boat goes back in the water and we see if everything works. I have great faith in them!
Hopefully, in March, Eye Quit will carry us to her new home in the Community Harbor in Tavernier.
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Lara
hey, I didn't get your comment until today. I think I added a thing where you can add to follow, I don't really get this whole blog world. Sailing would be fun. I need your email address, for the letter of recommendation and I could just use your office address for the return address thing. You can either email it to me at nell.herring@colorado.edu or send it on myspace. I really appreciate it.
-Nell
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