Launch Day - 23-05-2006

This was the first opportunity we'd had to get the centerboards down for cleaning, antifouling and general inspection. We were rushing about trying not to hold up the people waiting for the hoist, so didnt get before pictures, or pictures of the boards in their normal operational postion, but these pix of them fully extended give the general idea.

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Polished, antifouled and ready for launch - Still no sails, but water coming soon!
Bowsprit & barnacle anchor - Also gold leaf detail repainted
Gold detail, starboard side - repainted using gold hammerite. Dont know how well this will work out in a marine environment; time will tell but so far so good.
In the hoist and heading for the water. - Donny was brilliant again getting Elsa hoisted up and moving her about the yard. Really gentle and careful.
Close up of Elsa in the hoist -
Elsa and Rob -
Rudder board, port side -
Main board, port side -
Both boards, port side -
Both boards, starboard side - (and Robs legs)
Main board, starboard side -
Rudder board, starboard side -
Prop & new shaft anode -
Both boards, starboard side -
Elsa starboard side -
Boards up & in she goes -
Floating free -
The route home - roughly speaking!
First Dusk @ Carrick Castle -
Elsa on her mooring in Loch Goil - with new friends Dreamweaver and Dallandra