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Portside shot of Sherpa resting in her temporary berth after her refit at Progressive Marine Service, St. Petersburg, FL.

Ready to go in the water! Sherpa is full-displacement and can handle the rough water.

Decks were crazed and required a lot of fiberglass work to repair. Deck paint is Awlgrip whisper grey.

Repainting of wheel house with Awlgrip (snow white). Hull, deck, and top of wheel house and v-berth are Awlgrip whisper grey.

Portside shot of Sherpa resting in her temporary berth after her refit at Progressive Marine Service, St. Petersburg, FL.

Bow shot of Sherpa resting in her temporary berth after her refit at Progressive Marine Service, St. Petersburg, FL.

Port side of vessel. Wheelhouse was repainted with Awlgrip. Note new stainless steel rubrails.

Aft. New prop to replace old 16x12, which was overpitched resulting in low RPM. Sherpa and her MD2030 Volvo are best suited for a 16x8 prop (allows

Portside shot of Sherpa resting in her temporary berth after her refit at Progressive Marine Service, St. Petersburg, FL.

Vashon_Trawler
Oct 11, 2014

Chocolate factory upstream?

We had some bad rain that week as I recall--the water was abnormally brown from who knows what... algae, silt, mud, etc.