I totaly understand your rationale with respect to the AZ August sailing weather....or lack thereof! My neighbor and fellow sailor just built 2 plywood and 4x4 hoists to lift his Santana 23 so he could paint the bottom with the boat completely suspended. He painted it today so I imagine it will be hanging for a few days. Let me know if you'd like me to grab a few shots of it. It's literaly only 3 houses away. As for "calm, cool, and collected"..................................well.......(and I'm laughing at myself now).........................Thanks......I'm just glad no-one was around each time one of the "surprises" came to light. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I have no more major surprises left. I'm really just trying to get this old girl floating before my wife realizes what I spent her money on!!!! If you could see me wnadering around the back yard working on this thing you'd see I more resemble "Rain Man". "yeah, I buy my sandpaper at K-mart, yeah K-mart" or " 2 million 5 hundred and sixtyfour thousand 3 hundred and 25 punchings on the ground". Hope you saw and remember the movie or now I really do sound like an idiot! Sean