Tmorrow is THE day!

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

We are finally schedule for splashing tomorrow 8AM (this is precise). Big day ahead with everything to bring back aboard and still some work to do when in the slip.

Hopefully we will not sink! If you don't see any post soon please send us your liferaft

L.

RT Firefly · May 25, 2017

Greetings,
Mr. L_t. PUT IN THE DRAIN PLUG NOW!!!!!!

Roamer Blue · May 25, 2017

Yup, everything back in the boat...

Load it with the truck beside the boat on the hard...

or, 110 yards down the docks....

RB

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

RT Firefly said:
Greetings,
Mr. L_t. PUT IN THE DRAIN PLUG NOW!!!!!!

Don't joke, we went to the boat yesterday just for this LOL! I forgot to put it back las weekend and called the marina just to be sure they won't have the good idea to put me on the water sooner than expected

L.

MurrayM · May 25, 2017

Awesome

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

Roamer Blue said:
Yup, everything back in the boat...

Load it with the truck beside the boat on the hard...

or, 110 yards down the docks....

RB

Indeed the car will be loaded from top to bottom to put everything back in before we move it but we will still have a lot of thing to bring back before our departure.

Note: Yesterday they put a big cruiser on the water, while on the truck chassis the boat swung right/left when it started to float... result: 4 nibral propellers good to be recycled in cans for refried beans. This will cost them more than I will spend in fuel for the season.

L.

RT Firefly · May 25, 2017

Greetings,
Mr. L_t. I was NOT joking.

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

RT Firefly said:
Greetings,
Mr. L_t. I was NOT joking.

Please don't tell me this is based on experience!!!

L.

ddalme · May 25, 2017

RT Firefly said:
Greetings,
Mr. L_t. PUT IN THE DRAIN PLUG NOW!!!!!!

DRAIN PLUG??????

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

ddalme said:
DRAIN PLUG??????

oh yes and am happy to have one. Yesterday we cleaned the ER with the hose and I was happy not to have to have to clean this junk by hand with shop towels

L.

Comodave · May 25, 2017

We launched about a week ago. Good luck.

Lou_tribal · May 25, 2017

Comodave said:
We launched about a week ago. Good luck.

Thank you! It will be all an event for me, our first launch after winter, but a bit anxious too :ermm:

At least the engine started like a charm, this made my week!

L.

Comodave · May 25, 2017

My first winter with this boat. I did the winterizing myself so I hoped that I did everything ok, apparently I did because no freeze damage. I installed a stern thruster and several new thru hulls so I was concerned about leaks but it was all good. Have fun.

GFC · May 25, 2017

Congrats on the launch date. Ya gotta love it when they splash your baby.

jleonard · May 26, 2017

Congrats
We got splashed Wednesday morning. 5 minutes of engine time to make sure the cobwebs were out and made our 5 hour run to our summer slip.
Now if the rain would stop. Lol

Lou_tribal · May 26, 2017

Houston, the Bleuvet has splashed!

(pictures to come later today).
It was a stressful moment but finally everything is fine... except that... I mounted this damned flybridge engine control reversed, if I push the lever I am going backward :facepalm:

So in other word, the empirical results showed that on the transfer unit the throttle is "pull the cable" and the clutch is "pull the cable to forward gear".
I will need to unmount this control for the 10th time, what a fun we have here!!! :dance:

L.

RT Firefly · May 26, 2017

Greetings,
Mr. L_t. Good stuff. Just found a brief article on the Rideau Canal system. Check with Parks Canada regarding open sections...
Rideau Canal boating season underway