Sequoia came out of the water in early December. There had been a steady stint of high pressure coupled with north winds that always push much of the depth out of our little creek, so we had to wait until just the right time to catch a south wind at high tide. The boat came out and looked good. The bottom paint has lasted two seasons and is just about gone- which is perfect. Only a light sand and repaint will keep it protected without all the buildup that we sanded off a couple of years ago. Hindsight on that project showed that spending the $$$$ on soda blasting would have been the better method.
We had a great season on the boat. We did some more casual racing with the club since the boat we crew on was racing less. We also did another Governor's cup race, but snagged a crab pot about 25 miles into the race and ended up DNF. We also took two weeklong cruises, one in the spring and one in the fall along with various weekenders.
Things have been pretty busy with the holidays, plus one of our pups has a terminal bone cancer and is not long for the world- so the boat has been sitting patiently on jacks. As always with any boat, especially an older boat (it's now been 20 since Sequoia was trailered out of the factory in CA), there is the constant maintenance list...
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