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February 21, 2006
Back in the Water
Well, they put us back in the water yesterday morning, and we tied up at their dock here at Lauderdale Marine Center to finish off some last minute things. We are pooped. Aches and pains everywhere, but that's all part of the adventure. There are only a few things we wanted the yard to do, and most of it we wanted to do ourselves.
The propeller was one thing we hired the yard to do. It was covered in barnacles and calcium deposits. This photo shows the freshly greased and painted prop. They used a relatively new product called PropSpeed. The yard raves about it. You can see in the photo that the blades of the propeller "feather" when we sail, and spread when we are motoring. This produces less drag when under sail.
Of course, as sailors, we should hardly be proud of our propeller - our focus really is on sailing!
Posted by dave at February 21, 2006 07:37 AM