Having finally made the decision to lose our keel, our plans were thwarted at the final hour. We arrived at H2O’s slipway and looked at the trailer they were planning to use to haul us out with some trepidation. Frankly, it didn’t look big enough, but they assured us they had successfully hauled out bigger boats than ours. So, with Johanne lined up on the slipway, the trailer started creeping under her hull and then stopped. The driver got out and wiggled a few buttons on his remote control but to no avail – the trailer would not go far enough under. They offered to lift her out with a crane at a greatly increased cost. The drydock wouldn’t be available for another 3 months. What to do? After lots of discussion, we decided to live with the keel for another year and have booked into the drydock for next April. What an anticlimax!
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