The 'Boat' Girls…Deb, Chris and Sherri

So……a long time ago 6 girls went to the BVI on a Beneteau 42 for the Interline Regatta and 4 of the 6 remain great friends.  Deb, Chris and Sherri  are 3 of them still in the Dallas area (me only part-time of course).  Deb and I see each other often…Sherri had kids…now that they are in college she could join us for dinner at a moments notice.  Great to see her.  Also, none of us were married at the time, now we all sport husbands.

Ready…set…go…

So now the boat is ready for a new coat of paint…but the boat owners are not ready to live aboard during the facelift.  We make reservations at the Smith residence (Julie and Robert's House) and travel to Dallas to wait out the boat renovations.

For those of you who have never been on a boat when it is 'on the hard' it is a bit disconcerting.  It feels all wrong…

The other reason we really can't stay aboard is that steps have become very difficult for Mark to negotiate - our sailing days may be numbered.  But hey, at least we got to go!

Prop could use spiffing up a bit…

Prop could use spiffing up a bit…

Into the hoist…

We spend the night at the dock at Bock Marine and the boat is taken out of the water the next morning.

The bottom doesn't look too bad…except where it is totally missing at the waterline.

Just in time

We get into slip just in front of a big river barge.

Into the haul out slip

We arrive at the haul out slip

Way Down the Suwannee River…I mean Neuse

It was and uneventful motor to Bock but a bit chilly.