Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/aftsling.jpg?pictureId=1050599Kaci checks thru hulls, packing gland, overall water intake and assures that 2 110 volt pumps are ready before we leave the security of the slings.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/dianasgeyser.jpg?pictureId=1050598There were only a few planks where water gushed in "like a geyser." This is the worst offender, near the repair of the starboard frame. It took about 5 days for this to slow from geyser to trickle.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/lift.jpg?pictureId=1050597Rich adjusts the straps before starting the short trip returning Pax to the water after 6 months of work ashore.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/paxslip30.jpg?pictureId=1050601With help of my insurance agent and sculling expert, Jim Maupin, NWMC colleagues Pete Helsell and Adam Henley, I was able to "sail" Pax via wind on the hull and a gentle current around to her temporary slip at Point Hudson. We'll be here until May 1. Note, her mast is still ashore.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/travelliftinwater.jpg?pictureId=1050600Jan got a photo of Pax just before we left the slings enroute to Center Dock. Hard to believe Pax sat in the same slip where Tethys and I arrived August 2001, with Nancy Erley and celebrating the end of our all-woman circumnavigation of the world.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/dianaday1a.jpg?pictureId=1050651Diana designed the cockpit based on our conversations, leg length, intended uses. The seats will be teak for easy, durable function and will be wide enough to sit comfortably whether we're at anchor, dock or sailing. Vertical wana TNG and a teak floor custom designed to allow me access to gate valves, drains, packing, engine mounts.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/p2010340.jpg?pictureId=1050653The forestay and new Schaefer roller furling will attach the center pin, the inner is where the new jib halyard and block attach. The extended piece is for the spinnaker... someday! We'll leave it empty when we put the mast back up. Alison Wood si building new stainless 1/4" shrouds with Hayn terminals.http://www.womanofthewind.com/picture/p2110347.jpg?pictureId=1050652Here you can see how a too small clevis pin was used in a 7/16 hole. Walt created a new stainless fitting that we'll use to connect the 7/16 pin/fork to the 5/8 pin in the bronze turnbuckle used to tighten the jumpers.