Log24 Aug 13 - Haul out day

Today, we hauled the boat to start the inspection and begin the repairs. After the insurance surveyor examined the bottom, he approved moving forward with the next steps.

To remove the prop shaft, we had to remove the rudder first. Once that came out, they move the boat into a permanent position in the yard on stands. The view from the boat is incredible. I guess we are lucky in our misfortune.

Waiting to be lifted.
We unloaded the essentials from the boat and put everything away.
The evil lift looks hungry
Moving our boat into position (without me on it!!)
Lining up
Lifting
Looking pretty good
The yard manager(pink hat), the surveyor (blue shirt), and the mechanical guru( green shirt), inspecting the situation.
Damaged cutlass bearing
The "pot wahp" (trap line) was sucked up into the tube on the right and chewed up the rubber gasket (cutless bearing) inside. The part on the left is the base of the prop with a few barnacles on it. The shaft in the center is the prop shaft that extends through the hull and into the transmission. The tube on the left is a metal housing that surrounds the epoxy shaft tube that goes through the hull. See diagram in next slide.
Diagram provided by Beneteau
With every haul out, always check the cutlass, "Fillet of 5200", vent fitting, and vent hose as shown in the diagram.
After a bottom cleaning, we need to drop the rudder
Our rudder, out of the way.
Interesting rudder components
Need to talk to Beneteau
need to know how this all fits back together.
On the stands in the boatyard. Can't complain about the view