Some photos eh!?

The main deck in the middle of a work day. Tools and bits of the boat strewn everywhere 

Boats towing boats. Happens all the time here.

The salon in disarray. All of the tables are getting sanded and revarnished

The galley mid-project. We're getting new counteracts and a new floor!

Sanding the side of the boat, prepping it for painting 

Grinding ALL OF THE RUST AWAY!!!

Every morning is beautiful

Our first sunrise after arriving in Bahamian waters

Mending a tear in the mainsail

We used this clever hand held sewing machine device. 

The moon setting at sunrise 

Yard

For the next three weeks we will rip this boat apart. We will grind and sand and paint and fix and demolish and rip up and down rig and rebuild and stain and clean and repair.  She's going to be SO shiny when we're finally done.
The galley (kitchen) is getting new counter tops and a new floor.
Three heads (bathrooms) are being rebuilt.
The salon tables are getting re-varnished
Every bit of painted steel is getting sanded or ground down and repainted (there's alot of painted steel on a steel boat, inside AND out)
All of the blocks (pulleys) are getting downrigged, maintenced and repainted
Every day when I take a shower, the water runs dirty for minutes before I'm finally clean.

My job:
Take an inexperienced girl. Give her a dangerous power tool for grinding away the rust on the outside of the ship. Put her on a small floating dock attached to the side of the ship. Make the floating dock rock and roll with the tide/waves. Pray she doesn't die.
I'm not dead yet! And I still have all of my fingers and toes! And they're mostly still in good shape. :) I only nicked a small bit of one finger. 

Welcome to the Bahamas! !

We crossed deep waters.
We crossed the Gulf Stream.
We caught a fish!
We sailed ahead of a tropical storm.
We tore the main sail and ripped the main quarter lift and lazy jacks from the boom.
The main halyard went overboard and was trailing behind us (thank goodness it didn't get caught in the propeller!!)
It was a wild night.
The water lept over the bow, illuminated by the running lights, red on the left, green on the right.
The water lept over the sides, soaking one and all.
The water is warm.
We have left the North behind.
We have arrived in Nassau.
We pulled in around 1am.
Atlantis glowing on Paradise Island.
Palm trees.
Loud Carribean music blasting from the dock.
A slight tropical breeze.
2,000 nautical miles.
No one fell overboard.
Champange for everyone!
Toasts all around!
Huzzah!