Happy day…happy day. We launched yesterday afternoon. Mahdee is now sitting happily in a slip, taking up water. Even though we had numerous pumps on board, only the main pump has had to work. She has a bit of seeping going on from a couple areas where the forekeel is fastened into the main keel. We’ll hope they close up within a few days. Her planking didn’t start weeping for about an hour and now we can see a bit of weeping in most places. She’s riding bow high and stern down. The bow is out of the water about 4 inches; the stern right at the waterline. When the masts are installed and she’s trimmed up, hopefully she’ll be at the correct waterline position.

I’ve attached a bunch of pics to this post…enjoy…will post more in a few days-the computer is at the boatshed and…well…we’re spending time on the boat.