For those of you unfamiliar with a haul-out…
It had been almost two years since out last haul out. During my monthly inspections I noticed the bottom paint was getting pretty thin, so we decided to haul out and give Dea Latis a proper bottom job. We emailed several boat yards and decided to haul out at Peake Yacht Services in Trinidad. We have been exceedingly happy with their professionalism and attention to detail, it’s at a level we have never experienced before.
They were on time, 8:00am, ready to receive us. Their travel lift is huge, 150 tons:
Peake Yacht Services is a class act, they put a diver in the water to set the straps:
Their massive travel lift straining to lift us out. They weighed us at 13 tons, the boat is 11 tons, so that means we have two tons of crap on board:
They did an excellent job pressure washing the bottom:
All clean, waiting to be transferred to a trailer so they can shoe horn us into a spot in the yard:
Once in the trailer they took the time to pressure wash the areas under the lifting straps:
Then out into the yard:
Once in a good spot they put up the stands and block the keel:
Parked, ladder up, and ready for us to go to work:
That’s it! I don’t mind watching the evolution, if they drop the boat I get a new one. We have agreed value insurance with zero deductible for a total loss! Tanya, on the other hand, sat under a tree and read her Kindle!