I am very happy to announce that Rewind has a new bottom paint, new racing flush seacocks and a new saildrive transmission!
After a long time waiting for the new Saildrive, the new parts arrived and were replaced last Saturday. Mr. Kao and William offered their precious help for this simple, yet complicated operation. We had to move the engine out of it's position, remove the old saildrive, install the new saildrive and re-position the engine (we also changed the engine rubber mounts at the same time). Everything was done in a day!
The crane operator arrived at 1:00 pm on Sunday and we lifted Rewind from the cradle. I sanded and applied the new antifouling under the keel as well as the 6 spots where the cradle came in contact with the boat. Rewind was then lowered back in the Shing-Da Harbor around 3:00pm and we went out for a sea-trial to make sure everything work properly. It was great to finally get the boat up to speed under engine power.
I am going to clean-up the mess this weekend and get Rewind race-ready in the next couple weeks. I am planning a 5 day trip to Penghu between 7/21 and 7/26 where we will see if she's ready for offshore racing!
I am very happy and looking forward to start racing again!
Cheers,
Marc
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