Finally, Kamalii is out on the hard. She lifted out Tuesday morning, and it all went without a hitch.
Rick is going right over her and will give us the full report after the weekend, but at first glance she appears to be in much better condition than we expected. Rot in the outer planking is largely limited to the waterline, stem and a few specific areas around the deadwood. The rudder looks great, prop is also in great condition, thru hulls all seem fine at first glance; phew! For ten years of just sitting in a slip she really is in quite amazing shape - a real testament to the quality of construction.
Keiran Russell from Quadrant Yachts flew in for the lift and took loads of pictures and video for us.
Really not too bad, eh?! The mussel farm on the bottom of the keel is what the whole hull was like before it was scraped by a poor suffering diver.
The outer skin is still to go on, but I am really starting to think that transom should be finished bright...
Nice lines. Even after all these years of neglect she really does look like she came out of a mould.
You can see the areas of worm damage on the keel deadwood.
Sexy.
Sam Elliot finds something interesting. Actually, that's Rick Brown, the shipwright.
A passenger. The worst rot is on the waterline, but it all appears to be limited to just the outer layer.
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