Landed

Out of the water! Latitudes has been pulled from the water and is now in the sling, awaiting being put on jacks on the hard.  Luke backed her into the marina's sling at high tide.

A good spray down with a power washer (lotsa spray) cleaned the bottom scum

 That didn't begin to attack the barnacle field on the keel. These are SERIOUS barnacles!  We put good bottom paint on Latitudes before we left in January -- but MAY have scrubbed a bit off in our long journey down the ICW, where depths are not necessarily as specified or charted! The smaller isolated barnacles on the undamaged paint are certainly unexpected after only 4 months in the water.

And a beard of growth.  Yuck.  We do have a bit of work to do before we leave next fall.

Now we're awaiting being put on the jacks in the morning.  What we are actually doing is living in the hanging boat, seen in picture 2.  Now, the keel IS sitting on a little chunk of wood so we aren't actually swinging, but we are certainly hanging in the lift until tomorrow. Hopefully, then we'll be settled in, pack up the car, close up the boat, and start the trip home.