2007-07-16

With the help of a couple of enthusiastic Fijian teenagers, today we jacked Sequester up as soon as the tide fell below the beach she was on. We dug a trench under her, to allow access to the very bottom, and cleaned her up and painted with anti-fouling paint, then set her down on a pile of sand at the stern and a small log forward. An hour after dark, the tide was high, and with a couple of short dives at the bow I dug the small log out from under her, the sand pile washed away, and we floated her off. So, now we're back at anchor, with the bottom a bit scarred but completely functional and protected, ready for a year or more with no more interludes out of the ocean. A long, hard day, but a much better end to the reef encounter than I had once feared. We'll sleep well tonight, and spend tomorrow trying to clean all the beach sand out of the interior. Success feels good. Ted