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First sunshine as she rolls out of
the big shed at the Mary River Slipway in Maryborough |
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And First grounding! The trailer
has a hard time coping with the high bridge deck clearance. |
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To give some understanding of the
rig structure |
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Now next door at the boat ramp. |
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And the unavailing of the name.. |
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Ian has a right to be a proud father! |
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That low trailer issue again.. |
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So with a little third world engineering.. |
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It will just make it |
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all clear now |
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But since we are getting close to
the water and the truck might loose control the switch is made
to a block |
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and away we go... |
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First Kiss!!!!
I love these shots |
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easy now... |
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Start the motors.. |
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AH SHIT! bloody bridle got caught
in the trailer frame and the current is shifting the boat toward
a wharf on the starboard side. |
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OK.. free but need to move quick
to keep her from scratching the new paint |
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made it but the brand new motors
get brought to revs to do it. Good thing they were well sorted
before going in. |
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And now begins a few days worth
of work to prepare for a cruise to see what she will do.
she is sitting a little low on the marks.
The antifoul is just under the waterline. Should have been two
inches higher.
Will she really sail? Will she be a
slug? It's all theory so far. |
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