Today was a pretty good day as far as days spent working on Mary Lee seem to go.

Power boat on the one side was to close so they had to get trailer to pull Mary Lee out.

of course Tidewater Yacht service center is nothing but professional here. I have enjoyed being here even if I have not entirely enjoyed the work I was doing on Mary Lee sometimes.  Of course They would have been much faster but this is about me recovering from a back injury and although rather painful, I get some better with time and just being able to accomplish things some days is better than I could do for a long time....even if rather slowly sometimes.

From the trailer to the crane.

Of course I got to watch.

Finally dockside. Here I am pitching the engine to line transmission up with driveshaft. Door is less than 3 feet tall. I am on my toes and stomach is on top of engine so I can work on stuff behind it.

So we tied it up to the dock. Put it in gear and let it pull against the ropes for an hour after engine was pitched. Pitching engine took over 2 hours. Then we took it out for about an hour. This picture is about where it spun a rod bearing last year.

So now I get to finish mucking out all the things I do not need on Mary Lee. It is Wednesday and we pull out at the crack of dawn on Monday the first. This is stacking up to be a trip to remember. I will be posting as I go.