Haul Out Scheduled

As a result of the accident in the marina last weekend, Pineapple Girl is going to have to be hauled out.  That will turn a few hundred dollars of fiberglass repair into a few thousand dollar job.  The boat has to be out of the water for the fiberglass work and besides it wouldn't be terribly convenient to try and fix with the boat in the water.  Once the boat is out of the water the "anti-fouling" paint on the bottom dries out and becomes useless and has to replaced, adding to the expense.  This is unfortunate but there is no way around it.  I stopped by the boat last night and there may be a bit more fiberglass damage then just the crunch at the back that I posted a photo of.  It looks like the fiberglass where the swimstep attaches to the exhausts on each side may be cracked.  I can't really tell if there is any damage where the swimstep bracket is attached to the transom.  At least all the attachment points are above the water line so we don't have to worry about water seeping in. 

So while we have her hauled we are trying to think of what else we should have done.  We had the incident a few months ago where we wrapped a line around the starboard prop shaft and the diver who took the line off said everything looked fine, but Matt things there is some vibration in reverse so we will get that checked out.  There are a couple of other odds and ends...  hopefully we won't be without the boat for too long...