A bit of our trawler comes home

Since we are changing the name of our trawler, our port/starboard nameboards need to be refinished and the new name placed on them. Since the boat is over in Guntersville getting the finishing touches of the topside paint done, fuel at $3.40 a gallon and a round trip 4 hour drive, I asked the yard doing our work (www.AlredMarina.com) to just overnight our nameboards to us. So...a little bit of our Monk trawler made it's way to our home and arrived this morning. It feels funny to have the nameboards here at the house and not on the boat! Now I will have to do a lightening quick sanding down and cleaning of the teak boards, refinishing, and as many coats of varnish put on as I can muster in the next few days.

The plan right now is to start the trip back up the river either late Sunday afternoon or very first thing Monday a.m. One thing is for sure- I can't wait to see her with her new topside paint!