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Thunder at Nelsons Marine in Alameda, CA July 18th-28th
Thunder spent 10 days in the boat yard, and thanks to the help of my family
and friends, we were able to get the following done:
 | Clean out many years worth of garbage out of the boat. |
| Remove all the exterior deck fitting, winches and teak railing. |
| Install new exhaust manifold and starter to the engine. |
| Repair two holes in the hull from when Thunder fell over in her cradle in
Michigan. |
| Install bilge pumps and new batteries. |
| Check and rewire many parts of the electrical system. |
| Make new spreaders, and rewire the mast. |
| Prep and paint the entire hull for bottom paint and LPU for the top sides.
(This was the tough one!) |
Many many, many, and many more thanks go out to:
| Andre, The sanding, grinding, and teak destroying Russian! |
| Timmy, Sanding like a mad man, and crawling all over in the engine
compartment. |
| Dean, great at grinding, and yet a gentle touch for the painting. |
| Katya and Dave, Teak destruction, engine work, and boy did that prop
turn out nice. |
| Yuri, thanks for helping to yank out all the sail track railing! |
| Laura and Cynthia, any hotter looking sanding girls I can't
remember!! |
| Matt, thanks for figuring out how to get the wiring through the mast, and
isn't bottom paint fun to mix? |
| Mike, thanks for not letting me cut any corners!! |
| Mani, She was out there with me nearly every day!!! Thanks a
million!!!! Boy it is great to have an unemployed sister!!! hehe. |
| Casper (aka stinky mutt), although he didn't do anything but stink up the
boat, I know he would have helped if he could!! |
| Thanks to all the others that helped and without whom I couldn't have
gotten this far!!! |
Boy I feel like I just won an Oscar!!
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