Re launch was problem free. Actually I went in four hours early.
Before breakfast I launched my dinghy, attached the new engine and went to pay
my bill. All in all, for the haul and paint, the total cost was $1250, and more
than half of that is paint. That’s pretty cheap; I reckon 25-30% cheaper than
St. Martin. In the States it would be four or five thousand.
Hanging around before launching
About to be catapulted across the bay (actually it wasn’t that kind of launch)
I got so much work done in five days; it was like a massive
pit stop, and when I motored out of Peake’s dock, I noticed how much faster
Sonic Boom was. The new paint and shiny propeller make a big difference. After
going for a spin around the bay, I anchored back where I was before, then
dinghied over to Crew’s Inn for a swim. Happy and exhausted.
Love My Tender
I took my new outboard for a spin, made some adjustments to
the angle and by sitting as far forward as I could, I managed to plane for a
while - at full speed the dinghy rises up and then levels, with just the
propeller in the water while the bottom skims along the surface. You need a
fast dinghy and weight in the front to do it. It reminded me of doing it with
Steven and Shawn in St. Lucia. Brilliant fun.
Troon, in Scotland, is Sonic Boom’s home port
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