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With another boating season coming to a close and our annual Beancrock race scheduled for the following weekend I thought it would be a good time to clean and inspect the hull. I rented a full set of gear and two tanks for the job and my friend Jim offered to help out and spot for me so we were all set to go. I had already cleaned the hull in July so I didn't anticipate to much build up but I did notice a vibration and less boat speed when motoring so I expected my prop to have a bit of growth. The hull was a bit scummy with a few barnacle near the water line. Jim was able to clean off a lot of the growth just below the water line with a stiff brush from the dinghy. My propeller had quite a few small barnacles on it so I used up some time getting it nice and smooth. The other crazy thing I found was my bow thruster had acquired a small mussel colony. I was very proud of myself rarely using the bow thruster this summer when docking but on the down side the mussels enjoyed the lack of use as well. My new process will included trying the bow thruster every time I fire up the engine just to keep the growth down. Well the cleaning job took a little longer then expected and it was 1400 hours by the time we finished. The breeze was up and the beer was cold so that was enough motivation to get out for a nice sail. Jim was the driver since I like every opportunity I can get to learn from a more experienced sailor (Jim is all that and more). Its amazing the small things you can pick up by watching. Jim was able to do a few adjustments on my sheet blocks moving them a little further aft which helped increase our speed. We had a terrific sail along the water front and eventually we had to turn and start beating back towards home. We finally fired up the engine after clearing the MacKay bridge, no more vibration and I am back up to normal speed again, sweet. What a great day and now we are all set for our one and only race of the season next weekend, we shall see:)
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