In the Water

wingssail image-judy jensen
Cleaning the Bottom

Except for the keel the bottom after one year was still pretty good, just a heavy slime which we could quickly wipe off. Judy went around the whole boat and cleaned the waterline and down about two feet. I dove under the hull and cleaned the rest square by square. The keel was the worst. Where it was damaged in Feb all the paint and fairing compound on the very bottom was chewed off and barnacles covered the bare lead already. It took nearly 20 dives with a scraper to get them off. We have to haul this boat soon and repair this damage.