What's Next?

I wish I was referring to what's our next cruising destination. But no, "what's next" to be repaired!! Sigh.
So when we picked the boat up from the mechanic the other day, the person who'd done the work wasn't there (it WAS a Saturday so no complaints) so his son went over the invoice and notes with us. At the bottom of the notes was a paragraph that started with "very important" and seemed to suggest that the port prop shaft could come out of the boat (this would be very, very bad) while the boat is in reverse. The son was not very clear what the note meant so we decided Matt would call his dad on a weekday to find out.
Matt called earlier this week and found out... That the coupling that holds the shaft to the transmission was worn and not holding well. The mechanic kind of rigged it up for now but we need to get it properly fixed before it breaks, the shaft pulls out and our boat sinks. Ok that's a LITTLE dramatic but not very. It's more likely to happen in reverse as the prop is pulling the shaft away from the boat in reverse.
And how does one fix such a thing, you ask? Well wouldn't you know it, the boat has to be hauled out as the whole shaft has to be pulled out of the boat. Conveniently, we also need a new cutlass bearing (under water thing the shaft goes through as it exits the boat) which also requires removing the shaft so, oh joy, we can get both done at one time.
So guess what we're doing tomorrow? Why taking the boat to the yard to be hauled out, of course!! When you start talking boats sinking, procrastinating seems a poor option.
So how do we get our boat out of the slip without putting the port motor in reverse? (Rather not risk it coming apart!!!) Should be entertaining. At least the current will be in our favor when we leave the slip tomorrow morning.
Gotta love this yachting stuff.