Serendipity does NOT appreciate being left closed up for months on end. The inside was pretty grim, with fur and rust growing on everything. We’ll never leave her unplugged and closed up again for that long. Things that had survived very well for 8 years suffered, and it took a while to get everything cleaned up and aired out.
The bottom wasn’t difficult to repaint, once the sanding was done and the blisters scraped. The stripe under the cap rail proved to be more of a challenge, however. The first coat of paint was kelly green (as opposed to the former emerald green), so it had to be removed. The weather didn’t always cooperate, as it couldn’t be too windy (or obviously wet) for sanding and painting. As a result, the bottom had three coats long before the stripe had two. It would never do to mention the size of the bottom as opposed to the stripe, or to mention that the Admiral did the bottom and the Captain did the stripe.
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| Captain Green Stripe hard at work |
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| the looooong way up |
We met a great couple next to us on the hard, Gordon and Jeannie, and we enjoyed a meal or two and a trip to the flea market in Vero with them.
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| making those lists for traveling |
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| I've seen so many shots of gourmet meals that I wanted to share the feted beans 'n greens 'n pinot |
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| silly Bob wearing my pink flowered reading glasses |
After a little repair work, new zincs, and a lot of scraping, sanding, painting and packing, we were ready to be IN THE WATER again.
