Final polishing and washing off the dust and dirt of the yard. The interior is also dusty and mucky but that will have to wait until we're back on genset power and I can use the vacuum. By noon we are ready for the lift which rolls over, slings the slings under our belly and lifts us clear of the stands. We slowly trundle over to the slip way and are lowered back into the water. This is an anxious moment. Will we float? Yes. Slings removed and we have an hour and a half to refit the forestay, retighten the rigging and reconnect the electrics for the furling system.
It's 32c, the midday sun is beating down and David and his mini wife are wrestling a very heavy forestay with full headsail up over the guard rail and back into position in the bow. With much hard graft and sweating we are back and the rigging tightened to top the masts from toppling over. Fire up the engines and reverse out of the slip. Bump. Not enough water to get us over the shallow bar at the entrance to the slip. Over the next 3 hours we try a further 4 times as we build to high tide. By bad luck the second high tide today is only 7cm. We're trapped now until 8am tomorrow morning and a 40cm high tide. At least we are floating and can make a fast getaway soon after first light.
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