at the old QMH, shoreline restoration meant disassembling the marine railway for the boat.
Last week, May 31 to Jun 2, the major work was done.
However, the boat was trapped in the boathouse. This Saturday, a friend and I remedied the problem.
The boat made the water and started.
The fix was not pretty. A make do affair w/ whatever was at hand. But working !
The first launch had us pushing the boat in the boathouse, at least 5 ft, it grudgingly moved, hit the down slope and made the water.
B/c in taking out the rails last week, some shims under the rails were moved or removed, the whole system in the boathouse needed re-jigging.
Launch #2 was a dream come true.
Unfortunately, my regular crew of helpers wasn't there and I failed to relay all the proper instructions to my helper, we snapped off a guide post on the marine trolley. The post was thin wood and the door frame solid and the post gave ( TG ). A simple fix.
Beautiful weather there, marred by pesky mosquitoes in the morning ( shady, thats why ) and good breeze and sun.
Overall, a 89 % rating for work done. The missing 11 % is for ugly which couldn't be helped and impermanence b/c we are still trying to figure out a useful way to shim and backfill
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