Neptune has smiled on me, or wishes to hasten me to my death, and the harmonic convergence did happen at 0900h on the 5th of June. Captain Peter Bird undertook an in-water survey and then we hauled her out.



Things looked good enough that I ordered a pressure wash and a fresh coat of Micron Extra Black put on. In addition, there will be a new zinc and a new cutless bearing. Through-hulls all looked good, no osmotic blistering, and no obvious dings from hard grounding. So - that was my last chance to say no...

If it doesn't rain too much and I am lucky, she will be back in her slip for my birthday on the 12th. I am still pondering names for the boat - Lucky Marlin (the company I work for), Zoë (whom I also work for...), TekCik (small tits in Malay slang), "The Gilded Splinter", and Nellie (see "Heart of Darkness") are all vying for the prize. While the boat has no name on the transom, I was informed that the current owner had named it "Faith" though couldn't confirm that he had renamed her with the ancient and effective ceremony for doing such things. Therefore, stand by to see more pictures of her progress on the hard, the formal sruvey report, and, eventually, a bottle of Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin poured into the sea from her pulpit. Well, some of it anyhow...