Well the snow has finally thawed here in MI and summer seems to have arrived quickly this year. Wensday after many hours of painful waxing, buffing, and cleaning we finally put her in the water! As you can see she now has a new name thanks to the folks at West Shore Signs I think it came out great!

After running her for about five minutes at the dock I decided to take a quick ride out and see what the lake looked like. About a mile away from the marina the engine overheated. Thinking its got to be something wrong with the impellor I had just been messing with I played with that let it cool down a bit and tried again, sure enough overheated again.. No problem, it must be the thermostat, take that out & still overheating. Well after the fourth try and several hours out on the water with no cold beer, I saw another boat getting towed in and resigned to the fact that I may have to call the tow boat. I decided to try out the BoatUS towing service sure enough they came right out and took me back to the marina where she sat over the long holiday weekend patiently awaiting someone who knows what they are doing to take a look at her and let me know if I need to buy a new water pump or heat exchanger? Best thing that $358 towing charge was covered in the $58 membership we had, guess that was well worth it!

Looks like we now have an extra week or two to get those sails cleaned & start working on other projects like our leaky hatches and new canvas?