Back in the Water and Headed for Canada and Alaska!

The boat went back in the water the other day, with a new hull color and metallic gold boot stripe.  The crew at Haven Boat Works were skeptical at first about our color choices, but after three coats of the green, she starting looking rather sharp and we had some "thumbs up" from some of the workers.  (But then when you ARE in their yard, what else are they going to say?  Really!)    The housing will stay the sandstone color, but we still have some painting to do on the housing, including our new pilothouse doors.  Thanks to J.D. at Haven for his excellent work in making these doors.  Nancy has three coats of primer on them, but ran out of time to get the first coat of sandstone on them before going back in the water.  While we'd like to have had the money and time to replace the blue canvas covering the flybridge, that project will have to wait.  Nancy has about 20 yards of dark green Sunbrella to make a cover for the bimini and start work on the flybridge cover.

Haven replaced a thru-hole and repaired a few places in the planks where caulking had come loose and where planks needed refastening.  Thanks to Dave at Starboard Tech for repairing the freezer.  It is once again loaded with food and we're hoping to have no further problems with the contraption.  Turns out the valve was frozen shut and an overnight delivery got us a new one the day before we were leaving the marina.







And now???  Our adventure begins.  We leave today for Victoria!!  Weather is supposed to be beautiful for the next 7-10 days, with winds calm and temperatures in the upper 60's to low 70's.  Definitely cruising weather. We will check in and update this blog as we have access to the internet along the way, posting photos of what we see and hopefully some of the fun we'll be having.  We are both excited and look forward to sharing this with whomever is out there.

Safe journeys to all!