Fresh Spring Shine on Millennium...

June 2012 - A fresh shine...

June 2012 = Smooth bow and sparkling hull....

Mast...

Halyard winch and cleats

Halyard winch

Detail of halyard winch (one of two)

Gleaming and freshly painted
Mast - steps

Radar dome, spreader detail and steps

Mast base arrangement with winches and cleats

Mast boot
Underneath is a tight fitting inner tube sleeve - absolutely water tight

Spring 2012 - Just launched after winter storage

Just needing a scrub down, and ready to sail....
she has been on the dry for the winter. Her mast has been re-painted and totally overhauled. Quality pays, the stripped mast was pristine. The new white paint looks great. All the fittings, steps, tracks, winches are back on, cleaned and greased - lovely.



Bottom, zincs, propeller, through hulls, packing glands all in tip top shape....she even moved faster through the water...



Nose out from the service dock....happy to be back in the Sea and eager to face winds and waves again.

Fall 2011 - On the Dry

Fall 2011 - Winter lay up and winter maintenance.

Stripping 10 years of anti fouling and re-applying new paint.

Checking out the hull wax and polish...

Well, it looks pretty shiny, another coat in the spring should keep this mirror image going.

Mast is off the boat and going into the shop for a clean up, check up and repaint. She is going to look GORGEOUS in the spring.

Haulout images

Modified Fin Keel, Skeg and Rudder, three-bladed fixed Propeller

In the slings

Launching

Spring 2011 - a new shine

A little elbowgrease by someone affectionately called 'The Moose' took off a gray layer of oxidation and revealed the underlaying shiny red coat of paint.

Mirrorlike sheen on Millennium's Stern

Fire-engine red again.

With such reflection on her hull, I now need to work on the 'brightwork', meaning all the teak which accents the hull in far too many places. But - after all that loving care, the boat looks lovely, and seems to sail faster.

The 'Moose' worked on the hull, whilst the boat was tied up to the dock, and he was laying on his side reaching across the watery gap manhandling a heavy polisher. Beats any gym!

She will look fantastic, tied up to a mooring or sewinging at anchor, when all those fenders are hidden and the whole hull is visible.

The coach house is waxed and free of winter grunge.

Ready to ply the waters of Beautiful British Columbia....

Spring 2011

At the new dock Spring 2011