Upon inspection of the existing shaft (which connects to the coupling) the key sizes does not match and my cutless bearing is shot.
machine a shaft, replace cutless bearing and polish the propeller
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and I christen thee, Lady Iris
July 28, 2009 the sailing vessel formerly with no name was christened according to legend with a short speech and the striking of a bottle of champagne across the the bow.
I knew nothing about christening a boat when I got up this morning so I went to the Internet of course! After reading a couple articles I decided to add this centuries old tradition to the experience of owning this sailboat.
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Tags: name a sailboat, sailboat christening
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coming out of the water
Just after 7:30am the lady Iris has been pulled out of the water and sitting securely on her stands in the shipyard at Mile 533 Marine Ways … wow, that is a mess of barnacles covering the hull. It was fascinating to watch that huge crain pull my boat up effortlessly, and a little startling to see the amount of scraping to be done.
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random visit to my sailboat … problems in paradise
I’m sure she has been washed before, but not by me … I flew down from Houston this morning after my daughters wedding last night and wanted to take care of some simple stuff during the day or so I’m in town. I decided to wash her and see how much better it will look without the hint of green and black mold that shows up on boats.
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end of first visit
It’s time to head back home and leave the boat behind, tomorrow is my actual birthday and I am really looking forward to spending it with Darin … but part of me is sad to leave my first boat.
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taking possession of my sailboat
It’s an early flight out of Albuquerque via Houston down to Corpus Christi, the 35 minute flight from Houston to Corpus feels like hours. I think I have told almost everyone on the plane that it’s my birthday and I’m going to take possession of my first sailboat! and it tastes like the flight attendant spiked my orange juice to shut me up :)
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