Bottom job

OK.....Moon's on the hard and we've had a chance to check out her bottom. No bad news so far - just the three little blisters that need attention and the repair to the cutlass bearing support strut.

I have no idea what could have caused the damage to the strut, by the way. The strut hangs between the back of the keel and the front edge of the rudder, and I would think that anything that hit it hard enough to crack the glass around it would have done some damage to either the keel or the rudder. Not the case, though. Odd.

The yard's been a little backed up, so it looks like it might be next weekend before the work can be finished at this point.

More pics to follow once the bottom work is done.

Repair started on cutlass bearing hanger strut. The glass at the top of the strut will be ground down,
 the strut sandblasted, and then new glass placed around the strut to cover all but
the actual cutlass bearing hanger.

This is a view of the cutlass bearing strut from starboard.....

This is one of the blisters that needed some attention. The area around the blister has been ground away,
removing all of the soft fiberglass. This will be filled in with new fiberglass and then covered
 with an epoxy barrier coat before the bottom paint is applied.

Is it just me, or do sailboats out of the water look like beautiful women
standing around in their underwear to you too?