As of 10am yesterday morning Blue Moon is now High and Dry in the haul out yard in Raffles Marina. With the use of our dinghy and the help of marina staff we were able to propel ourselves around to the travel lift and within a half an hour we were lock and chocked on the hard stand. Amazingly the bottom paint from Panama is holding up pretty well so no need to re-paint this time just replace the strut and shaft and away we go. We're really impressed with the work the yard does from looking around at other yachts being repaired so we're extremely confident that this is one of the best yards for getting our work done. Yesterday they ground out the base of the old strut and today they should start the process of putting in the new one. It's a little complicated as the strut has to be lined up perfectly to prevent any unwanted vibrations in the propeller shaft but we'll leave that to the professionals and fingers crossed it will last for a long time to come!
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