Saturday, June 28, 2008

Lost Photos

When we launched the boat, it was in one heck of a rush (bottom paint on while hooking up trailer rush) and I didn't have time to get any photos. My dad was there helping out and snapped a few, but we later couldn't find them on his cameras card. Last weekend we were working on something else and located the photos on the camera, and I was able to get them on CD. I'm really glad, since they document the crazy launching day.

We worked like mad to get everything ready to go, and then realized that the paint bay doors werent opening without a forklift. Since this was prime launching season, the boat yard guys were pretty busy, so we had to wait around. Here Mick and my dad kill time and a beer.


Right before leaving the yard, we did the traditional denaming ceremony with champagne.


Ray T saved our bacon when he agreed to use his tow vehicle to bring us down to the harbor. I love the above picture! It was great to see the boat in the light of day, which it hadn't seen in 3 years!
After a whole lot of hassle getting to the cranes (Etchells really like washing their boats on the crane!) we got to out lift and got the boat in. 2 shots here, of Niki, Josh and myself putting the boat in.


Once the boat was in, we promptly ran aground (argh!) but a friendly hand with a towline pulled us free and we made it to the crane, stepped the mast, and Niki christened the boat, with it's second bottle of champagne of the day. It wasn't too hung over, as it got 2 seconds the next day!

All good stuff! Really dying to get out and race the boat, but last weekend was cancelled due to Etchells worlds hullabaloo, and our next race isn't for a few weeks.

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