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Old 08-20-2016, 10:11 PM   #46
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City: southern California
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When I got to the boatyard Thursday morning my boat wasn't where I left it. A good sign. The little travel lift dock got blown out by a big squid boat when he couldn't stop and crushed it, so the yard uses the big commercial lift for everything right now. So they used the little lift to move the trawler over to the big lift, and then used the big lift to launch. So they moved me over first thing.

I have been procrastinating dealing with my nasty bilge since day 1. But no longer. I used a cheap Harbor Freight transfer pump to pump it into a 5 gallon bucket. It was so nasty smelling I just tossed the pump in when I was done. I plan to go grab some elbow length gloves before scrubbing it.

The launch went as scheduled, and nothing leaked. The engine started right up so I buttoned everything up for the night. It felt great to finally be back in the water.
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