So here there is a 100 ton travelift (one of FIVE!) and we are being hauled out again.

...and nicely placed on huge concrete blocks on a solid concrete floor. Luxury!

Our dinghy was carefully parked up with the other little boats in a high-rise boatel.

Jack and Laura contemplate the work to come.

One of the first jobs was to strip the old antifouling paint. Here you can see that it was still working where it was not washed away, the black. There were a few spots on the hull which required investigation, where paint had been damaged by debris or by gentle groundings that had happened in the past six years. The paint had worked remarkably well, Six years and six months to be exact. (Sigma ECOL was the brand)

At the same time, Laura was busy inside the boat, here the aft head shower sump has been removed and the hull inspected. No problems were found but a new coat of paint was applied and the shower sump was gelcoated prior to refitting. The head was also removed and rebuilt.

Jack is getting a bit too old to climb ladders every day so several times per day he was carried up and down to go for walkies.

While removing anti fouling, a more aggressive approach was adopted on an almost daily basis. I was not happy with some small injuries to the epoxy layers, and where I was in doubt, I removed all of the paint to the Zinc layer.

During lunch time and last thing every day I sharpened all the tools used by the team that were stripping the bottom.

Here Jack woofs at me to take him to pee.

Rudder hard over, I remove growth from the hidden areas.

Here are the Higuerote strippers! Eventually I was not happy with the impact of the mechanical removal of anti fouling. I opted to remove it chemically, with paint remover. It worked well, the downside was that I feared it might attack what was underneath it, the epoxy layers. Since the yard was also an agent for Sigma Marine Coatings, we decided to remove all the bottom paint down to the Zinc layer (Gilana is Inorganic Zinc coated Corten Steel, (basically galvanized))

Juan Carlos, one of the hardest workers. In the background is a hose, we had plumbed Gilana in to the sewage lines so that it was "All systems go" with our domestic sytems all fully operational.

Details around the rudder top hinge.

Here the freshwater was piped into the seachest, to supply water for flushing, cooling and even the generator. The toilets were able to flush with this water, but....

...they were not in the boat.

The view of the yard from Laura's twice daily walks with Jack.

The Port Captain's Office.

Yes I know it looks stupid, but swimming goggles are the best protection from eye injury.

Bottom totally stripped, and the topsides in the process of being rubbed down.

Details, this time scuttle frames.

More details, we were aggressive in that any hint of a deformity, or blemish, was mercilessly ground away using a Dremel Tool, to investigate and or repair.

Three coats of Sigma 7417 epoxy primer, four more coats to come, 2 x BREA epoxy tar and 2 x TCN Tiecoat, another epoxy with high abrasion resistance.

Bottom done!

Here we were looking at levels for painting the bootstripe. All that gear on the deck came out of the forepeak, which we also refurbished.

As I said previously, any hint of a problem was ground out and filled.

Here Gabriel Loncz, who sprayed the boat, fairs the nose. If you come here to haul, and want a great guy to paint the boat, phone him 0412 582 6278

Laura and Jack return from afternoon walkies.

While not walking the dog, Laura was doing amazing things inside. Here she works in the deepest part of the bilge, removing flaking paint and preparing the bilge sumps for acid cleaning. She then repainted with 3 coats of 7417 and 3 coats of Hempel Hi Protect. Both bilges were done this way.

First coat of Anti Fouling and first coat of spray primer.

This is Danny, my hired help, also a good guy. They call men like him Muchachos.

First coat of Polyurethane goes on.

Topsides done but she is still in her underwear.

Jacks favourite fishing hole.

Gabriel removes tape.

Laura also washed every cushion cover that she could lay her hands on. The dinghy was brought alongside for a coat of antifouling and to respray the outboard motor.

Here I shorten the bilge suction lines, to prevent problems they had created when they touched and penetrated the epoxy paint in the bilge sumps. They no longer touch anything in the sump.

Final touches.

While Jack watches us.

Some new details. Words and chafe Strips.

Jacklifting again, but a nice view of the new extra stainless steel supports to the boomkin, and just visible above the yellow box (my welder) is the new boat trailer roller that the dinghy now rides on to haul her aboard. I also welded a chain link to the trailing edge of the rudder. This is to allow an alternate method of steering if the primary and secondary systems fail. A line clipped on there and passed through the stern fairleads and then to the cockpit winches will allow us to steer if every other system fails.

New Make-Up decals.

...and the travelift awaits.

The moment of truth, she lifts off the wooden blocks.

New nose protection plate.

Heart rate increases....

...as she makes her way to the water's edge...

...with the dink in the rear.

What a Whacky procession.

Finally! after 50 days on the hard...

...she touches water again and sighs relief.

....to be back in her element. In all it was a good place to haul. We did a hell of a lot of work.
Here is the list of jobs completed:
PLC
Stainless steel support for boomkin
Rebuild Hundested VP system and fit blades
Solar protection on Staysail and Genoa
Luff tape on No. 2 Jib
Galvanized 3 anchors and 2 chains
Dinghy Echo Sounder

Carenero
Stripped bottom
Repainted bottom with 3x primer 2 BREA 2 Tiecoat
Cleaned and painted prop and shaft
Antifoul 5 coats
New anodes
Welded 2 holes
Shorten SS suction lines
Cleaned and painted 2x bilges
Cleaned and painted forepeak and repacked
Refit Hawse pipe
Remove and refit bollards
Gelcoat aft head shower sump, remove and paint bilges, re fit all and varnish and reseal vanity top removing taps
Paint fwd head sump and varnish grate
Fit roller for dinghy
Fit SS bowplate
Re-align shaft
Strip paint on spinnaker pole and reaching strut
Fix Spinnaker pole rope ring and reaching strut beak
Spraypaint topsides, incl repairs, and fairing
New suction line in transfer tank
Antifoul dinghy and motor
Fit new stickers and rub protection
Emergency steering lug on rudder
Wash ALL cushion covers
Epoxy freezer
Fit new B+G Transducer
Removed fin infront of log
Welded under staysail furler
Generator fuel pump oil leak
New master links in steering chain.
PHEW! now for some sailing and snorkeling....