The big haul

So the boat was hauled at Nanny Cay Marina (Tortola, BVI) on Monday. To be honest, it looks so strange to see it out of the water. And big. The growth on the bottom was incredible. And everyone was surprised how fast and easy the paint came off. But...it will be good as new by the end of the week.

Since we can't stay on the boat while it is in the boatyard, we have been staying at the marina hotel. On Monday we went to dinner with Miles and Ann Poor, who Bill knows from the 1500 and who are overseeing all of the work that is being done on the boat. Yesterday we spent the morning in Road Town doing a few errands downtown. We were also able to catch part of the Red Sox game at a little outside bar that had satellite TV - which was great because it was opening day and they won! Today we spent the day exploring the marina.

So that's about it. We are told that everything will be done by Friday so we should be on our way this weekend. We do have to go to St. Thomas at some point to get our mail, but other than that....

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(view of Peter Island from Nanny Cay)