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| This is the DELTA BELLE as I first saw her in the marina on Bayou Castine, Mandeville, LA The sail covers need attention and have since been repaired, the green house-sides are now a nice white, the former name has been removed, bottom painted with 2 coats of Trinidad red, zincs replaced, new battery charger, running lights with fresh bulbs and most of the flaky old varnish removed. Also changed oil and filters, racor filters, emptied fuel tanks and added clean diesel. She had been left unused in the slip for over two years and showed it. Green algae was rampant on the running rigging, wind generator, radar house, inner bulwarks, etc. "Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms! Clean sweep down fore and aft!!!" |
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| This is a bow-on view with a fender dangling over the port side. There's a pvc pipe around the bob-stay. Now removed. |
I'll be praying for your boat tonight. Sounds like the storm will be just that a storm and not a hurricane. My family is not heading out. They are going to ride it out down the bayou.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about the PVC pipe. I suppose that was to help the anchor not get caught?
ReplyDeleteYou know as soon as we bought Sundowner this boat came up for sale. It's nice to know someone who cares bought her!