With one week to go, Sirius was finally back in the water. Our main alternator almost fell off the engine several weeks ago. Nick, of Bayshore Marine in Annapolis, did a mighty job fashioning a bracket that wouldn’t fall off. After his work was finished, he then noticed the propeller shaft was very hard to move and we had to pull the boat and put her on the hard. After she was hauled, we noticed cracks in the rudder. Would repairs ever end???
But in due course, everything was fixed and she was ready to go back into the water. Here is a picture of her in a sling heading to the dock.
In the picture below, Sirius is on the far left of the frame. But regard the man on the far right. He operates the sling carrying Sirius by using a box with a joy stick as he walks backwards in front of our boat. For anyone who likes to play video games, this would be an amazing job!
Here is Sirius being lowered into the water.
After Nick checked out his repairs and we met with Steve about the rigging that still needs to be done, we motored back to our home dock at Shearwater. As we travelled along, I took this picture of the Chesapeake Bay.
