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Grand Banks Eastbay 39 on the Travel Lift

Grand Banks Eastbay 39 on the Travel Lift

With Summer winding down and Autumn right at our doorsteps, its time to put Yes Please on the hard. At dawn on a calm, foggy Monday morning, I motored quietly over to the shipyard and was very pleasantly surprised to find the Travel lift warmed up and ready at 08:00 when I arrived.

There was quite a bit of marine growth on the shafts, rudders and trim tabs, but the bottom paint is still in excellent condition. A few minutes with a scraper and a pressure washer and she looked almost brand new. Yes Please will get a few fresh coats of bottom paint, just to keep it that way.

The propellers are being pulled, cleaned and balanced and we need to replace one of the Cutlass bearings, so she’ll spend a few weeks out of the water before she’s ready for a full season of winter boating.

Grand Banks Eastbay 39 on the hard

Grand Banks Eastbay 39 on the hard