11:30pm last night I was on my back under the bulb of Yeoman with a long board sanding down the fairing job after a very long day.

Up early to load the boat and leave by 8:30 from St Thomas. 3 hour transit to Nanny Cay Marina where we unloaded at the dock and cleaned the boat inside cleared customs and immigration registered to race and moved to the haul out slip all by 1:30pm. 

Getting into the haul out requires everyone out on the end of the boom and a rib to haul us over with the halyard. Once we are past C dock we then have to moved a powerboat off the dock and walk ourselves along the dock, we then have a foot and half of water under us to get to the haul out slip.  

By 4pm we had undone the bolts  holding the bulb on the fin and had the keel off checked for damage and then rebedded the bolts and tightened the nuts back on. We needed some expanding foam to put around the nuts so that we could then fair over the bolts. Finding  a can of spray foam was not possible so we ended up with a two pack solution which was messy to say the least!

Some grinding and two fills later it was time to leave for dinner and let the epoxy harden. Then back for some fun on my back with a longboard and a quick paint with the 545 primer before putting her back in the water in time for racing this morning.

I am now in Leverick Bay after an upwind slog in the rain but the location is worth it – we are at the poorer mans Bitter End. I was even able to have an afternoon nap as I had a storming headache. Time for bed and up again early for a race around Virgin Gorda.