OK, now that the storm has passed, we have the time to update y'all on the effects, or lack of, from Earl. The lessened ferocity of the hurricane proves that you cannot predict the weather with absolute certainty. Earl was a category 4 on Wednesday and was predicted to hit the Outer Banks and the NC coast hard. When Earl finally did hit, it was a category 2. In layman's term, it was just another storm. Sorry for no photos. Nothing was harmed. Thank God for that and all your prayers.
There was a wind tide in the Pamlico River, but it was only a foot or so higher than normal. So, we really didn't have to take the boat out. But we are glad we did, as we found massive amounts of barnacles on the prop and drive shaft. They were so numerous you couldn't see the bronze at all. This explains why we weren't moving so fast under power. Now we ordered a preventative to put on the prop. This is the perfect time to touch up the bottom paint and take care of that too.
We plan on doing some maintenance on the hard and take a vacation from our retirement. It seems we are working harder now than when we worked. I will be posting photos of the barnacled prop and other interesting stuff from Atlanta. Have a great holiday weekend!
Same thing happened to us when we bought our sailboat in 1987. We hauled it and saw the bottom was one mass of barnacles.Grrrrrrrrr. I took us ages to get it clean and painted. Good thing you know it and can do something about it. You are right, in retirement we also work harder than before ☺
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