Beez Haul Out
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 19 Aug 2010 22:59
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Beez Neez - Time for her to be
on dry land.
This year as we had such calamities
at Peakes yard, the little pool here being an afternoon attraction and the
workmen we to use meant it was an all round benefit to be hauled out at
Coral Cove. It is a small yard compared to Peakes and positively diddy compared
to powerboats (seen as the most secure yard - but heaving). My small worry was
that here I would have to back in to the lifting bay mmmmmmmm.
  Being huge - due to
living far too well, I gave up alcohol a couple of weeks ago in order to start
to lose some serious weight - eyeing up my entry made this
seem such a bad plan
 I wandered back and
found the boys ready to move, I went for it and
backed the whole way (all of three hundred yards) straight into the
slip
 Safe and sound in the slip with the boys holding her
bottom, just the way she likes it
  Travel lift appeared and boys eager to get on
  Final words from Skipper as to where the strops should go
as not to hurt the "Limpet Mine" i.e. depth sounder
 Quick revisit to loosen
the back stays just in case....... the bit Skipper hates,
the dangling bit
   .....................but all went well, off
again.
 We were very keen to see how the anti-fouling had done - or
the most expensive paint in the world designed to wash off - had performed.
Pretty good except the leading edges
  Bear was
very happy to see her lowered over land though, four of the five children from
Eloane came to give moral support
  The Beez favourite part
is when men are working on her
 A good wash down "with
the Evening Post"
  Then off and into
her place in the yard, the strops came off in the pouring rain
  I spent the time cutting new strips of fluffy material to make new fender
sock, no difference between new and old
then...............
 A very relieved
Skipper
 Happily settled, now we
mustn't forget to give time to get to the facilities..........!!!
ALL IN ALL GLAD IT WENT SO VERY WELL
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