Monthly Archives: July 2024

She Was Fast Already, But Moooaaaaar Speed Is Always Good!

We have launched Blue Moon! But not before we got some minor speed work done! We had some spots on the keel where the fairing compound and lost its bond with the lead, so we had those ground down and re faired. Then we invested in a little bit of speed work indulgence: we hung her in the slings over a weekend and had the bottom of the keel faired!

Nuuuuupe. Too much drag from fairing flaking off and barnacle deposits!
That’s more like it. Keel bottom ground down, faired back up and later painted before a Monday morning launch. Now she can go abuse more brand new European cruising boats out on the Bay by an even bigger margin!