Cruising the Pacific Northwest

Matt Harris and Kevin Ambrose did the surveys on the new boat. Both the hull survey and mechanical survey went very well, with the only surprise being a chunk of wood jammed into the starboard cutlass bearing (strut). It took a lot of work with chisels, pliers, knives and finally a packing puller to get the wood chunk out, but once removed the bearing seemed solid.

During the Sea Trial, we hit 28 knots at full throttle and found the boat cruised comfortably at 20 knots. Kevin noted that the engines were in “like new” condition and purred underway. The Smartcraft monitor made checking the engine parameters underway very easy.

All the zincs were replaced while the boat was hanging in the slings at Seaview. I was very impressed at how quickly and professionally Seaview handled the haulout, repair and zinc replacement.