An Embarrassing Story

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Picked up the boat today and motored back to the slip.  Had to clean up all the black shoe marks, besides putting things back where they belong.  

The Mariner yacht yard did a nice job repairing the damage and the new pulpit sure is shiny.  And I got out under $2k.  To be exact, $1,977.09.  

Here is the "new" bow.  Compare it with the "old" photo above.  New paint does set off the faded old.  

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Another view of the bow . .

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Here's the repair from inside . . .

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The new bow pulpit . . .

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Another view of the pulpit . . .

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Repaired deck at starboard forward foot of pulpit

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Aft starboard base . . .

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Port forward foot deck repair . . .

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And lastly, the port aft foot deck repair . . .

Compare these photos to those of the post collision photos.

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Getting into the travel lift

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On its way to the water . . .

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Over the water . . .

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And in . . .

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Now, here's a method for moving the boat to a tie down . . .

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There is another Inter Island Yacht Club regatta this coming Saturday (Aug 6) --  on the same course as last time.  I'll be looking for that red bouy