The Boatyard Photo Log

May 23-30, 2016

After playing for a week in Vava’u, we spent a week in the new boatyard giving Exodus a bit of a makeover. Fresh bottom paint, wash and wax, and lots and lots of cleaning.

Logbook – May 23, 2016 (Anchorage #4 to The Boatyard)

Passage Log Highlights

0802 Engines on
0824 Engines off slip-way

Daily Notes

Into the boat yard
Power wash, 1/2 sanding, props off, derusing
Lots of water –> lots of laundry, bilge cleaning

Tim checking to make sure the lift was properly set under Exodus

It takes two tractors to haul Exodus out

The boys were instructed to sit on the floor and listen for the sound of cracking fiberglass. Yikes!

Logbook – May 24, 2016 (The Boatyard)

Daily Notes

Sanding done. Painting begins
D – more laundry – in to town for $ and groceries
Drinks (Mango) and dinner (Aquarium) with Del Viento

Logbook – May 25, 2016 (The Boatyard)

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Logbook – May 26, 2016 (The Boatyard)

Daily Notes

Decide to stay int he boatyard for the weekend
Tim to Pila’s to fix elec. issues

Email to Family and Friends Dated May 26, 2016

Subject: Exodus – boatyard fun

Being in a boatyard is always fun, because it’s a mad dash to finish all the tasks that have to be done while you’re out of the water. And then there’s the fact that you have access to unlimited fresh water, so that means there’s another long list of cleaning jobs that also you also need to rush to complete.
But we decided today to stay in the yard through the weekend, so that took some of the pressure off. The bottom paint is all done, and we fresh water scrubbed all the topsides today, so Exodus is looking pretty good. All that’s left is to finish waxing and buffing the hulls so we can have some more really pretty pictures of Exodus for the sale postings.
As usual, Tim has made friends with the Tongan guy who’s helping us, and he even when to his house yesterday to fix some electrical problems they were having. They have been having long conversations while they work about the U.S… Pila wants to go to the U.S. to work because wages are so much higher there, but Tim keeps telling him it’s better here.
Meanwhile, the boys have been working their butts off, and Brenden told me today he would much rather be doing school. It was a good opportunity for me to tell him to get good grades and go to college so he can get a desk job… but he responded by telling me he’s only going to work long enough to go live on an island somewhere where he can spear fish everyday. I am simultaneously disappointed and proud.
We have finally hired a yacht sales agent and we’ve also dropped the price so maybe we’ll have a few bites soon.
But our biggest news is that the boys and I are flying back to California on July 4, while Tim stays with Exodus in Fiji to get her sold. The reason we are coming back a little sooner than we originally thought is because Andrew is moving to Minnesota, and we HAVE to see him before he leaves. Of course Tim thinks this means he gets to keep cruising while I go back to work.
We will splash on Monday and then depart for Savusavu, Fiji on Tues (all subject to change, of course). We will fly out of Nadi, Fiji, because there are direct flights from Nadi to LA.
Our time on Exodus is drawing to a close, and it’s bittersweet.
Love and miss you all,
-D.

Logbook – May 27, 2016 (The Boatyard)

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