We arrived at Georgetown Yacht Basin a day early at 2 pm on Thursday, April 24, thinking they might be able to put us in the water this weekend, but they could not. A tourist boat had made an emergency stop at the marina for repair and was occupying the lift area. So we turned to other activities. Dave polished and waxed the inside of the port bow and Donna worked on cleaning the dinghy.

On Friday Dave polished and waxed the inside of the starboard bow and trimmed rope tails left over from the trampoline lacing . Donna finished work on the dinghy. Dave polished and waxed the inside of the boat sterns. Donna washed the stern steps on both sides, then waxed and buffed. Dave changed the oil in the sail drives and removed the masking tape from the prop zincs that were being protected while the prop was painted. We glued up some sagging ceiling panels in the main salon with contact cement. In the late afternoon Donna hoisted Dave up the mast to replace the radar dome which had been returned from its repair.   Donna found some time to vacuum more falling tree debris from the deck.
 
On Saturday, Dave removed accent striping from the topside, Donna washed the coach roof, Dave polished, Donna waxed and buffed. Never running out of things to do, Donna reorganized the contents of the interior cabinets for a new season. Dave reinstalled the mainsheets and mainsheet blocks; repositioned where mainsheets attach to boom and put new lines to them. He trimmed worn ends and whipped ends to look more "ship shape"! He reinstalled the spinnaker sheet blocks where they attach to the deck with new shock cord .

On Sunday, Dave inspected the hinges of the large window hatches on the hulls to determine if they could be tightened (our cabin) or loosened if appropriate. He organized fenders and dock lines for going back in water the following Thursday, checked all seacocks and discovered water in the port side bilge-possibly rain water from a leaking window. The water was pumped overboard and the area dried. When Donna checked starboard, there was water there as well. Dave became concerned about whether something had frozen/burst/drained over the winter.  We decided to tear up the master cabin bedding to check the condition of the water heater positioned beneath it-all was fine. While there, Dave reset the A/C breaker (also located under the bunk) that had tripped last season for a salon circuit. Back then, it wasn't worth tearing up and having to remake the bed to reset!