Well, after 3 weeks, we finally saw a little progress on the boat. Very little, but at least some activity. The bottom of the boat was scrapped, sanded and the worst spots primered today getting ready for her new bottom paint.

They also scrapped, sanded and painted the shaft and prop. Doesn't it look pretty????

We met with an upholsterer today who assures us he can get the salon cushions done for us within two weeks. So, we left the cushions and fabric and said "go to it"!! Hope he completes the job in time because once they get the rudder in and back on and get us back in the water, I'm not sure how long I'll be willing to hang around the Savannah area. It's been fun and it's been real, but it ain't be real fun!!!!

We were told it takes a "specialist" to patch the holes in our dinghy so I called one. He said he could fix the 2, approximately 1/4" tears for $250.00. We stopped at West marine and bought a patch kit, a tube of glue and 4 or 5 patches for $70.00. I still feel we got screwed but now I'm a "specialist"!!!! I just want the dinghy to hold air.

Of course, Hinckley's doesn't work on outboards, so if the Seaform I added to the gas doesn't solve the carberation problem, that will mean finding an outboard repairman and probably having the carb rebuilt.

Since the dinghy was out of commission , it was a pretty miserable 4 day weekend. We did go into Savannah on Friday evening and Nancy found us a really nice restaurant just off the waterfront. It wasn't to crowded and the owner said he did get a lot of tourists. But, the food was excellent and moderately priced and they had a young couple playing guitar, bass and singing. They were pretty good as well. It was just too bad the acoustics weren't that good in the restaurant. If you're ever in Savannah, check out The Rose.

Saturday, we did a little running around, thanks to Dustin (Hinckley GM)  loaning us the service truck. I had picked up some shrimp, potato salad and corn on the cob. So, we set out to find a little park to picnic in and picked up a small watermelon. After eating all but the watermelon in a city park, we drove out toward the ICW we have come through before Savannah and enjoyed the watermelon. Not too bad an afternoon and evening.

Yesterday, we ended up sitting on the dock, munching on a little sushi and left over shrimp and enjoyed the cool breeze while watching the last of the weekend boaters go by.

We hope everyone had a good holiday weekend.