Our repairs pay off!!

Billy&Lizzie

After an unplanned decision to turn the boat around after hearing a whirring noise on our shaft, we spent a full week grafting on our girl in the shipyard! Having never worked on a sailboat before and first time seeing her hauled out, we sanded, filled, poxied, anti fouled, replaced zincs, and cleaned the hull, prop and drive shaft. From dawn til dusk we put everything into it to get her back out on the water to continue our circumnavigation of Vancouver Island before heading South as newbies! We also took the opportunity to order some parts to the marina and install the new filters for the purified water system that had previously been installed prior to us buying it- this means less trips to the store with our gallon jugs! We worked so hard to get her back on the water and we are pleased to say it paid off! The only thing with ‘engine noises’ is that unless it’s an obvious problem, you don’t know until it’s back in the water if it’s fixed! We got great advice from the teams at Canoe Cove as well as some awesome products from the Boat Exchange there! Now the trip: my gosh it was such a reward! Since cleaning her up, we noticed a big difference in her speed! Also lucky enough to have perfect wind and tide meaning we were able to sail the whole way to our anchorage for the night at Galiano!

Boat & Crew

Steph'Ney Thames

Pearson, 365 Ketch

Billy&Lizzie

Owner