It's a family affair.

It's spring tide so I will use the bit of help from mother nature to pull the boat out of the water tomorrow afternoon just after work.
The boat comes out at the village slipway 200 meters down the road. We use a launching dolley for that and pull the boat out with the family car and tow it onto our driveway. Then it becomes a real pleasure to do all the 100 tiny little jobs which require another two hundred trips on and off the boat and into the garage to cut and trim and drill.

St Francis Bay has water restrictions at the moment (serious draught) and it will be frowned upon to use a hose to clean off the marine growth from the bottom of the boat. So, despite the cold weather, Jamie and I donned wetsuits this afternoon and got stuck into cleaning the bottom BEFORE the boat comes out. Tanya and Rosie declined the invite to have the entire family in the water.
Flip, it's still winter! That water was cold.
Jamie was a big help. And surprisingly keen. Mom stood by and handed out cups of coffee and hot chocolate as we came out of the water.

On Saturday I bolted all the new fittings and deck hardware down. Except the spinnaker foreguy rope clutch. Reason, when it came to bolting it on I noticed that I never sealed the edges of the holes after I had drilled through the core the week before!

Dammit.