Putting DESERT CAT on the hard
Centre du Navigateur Marc Perron, ce qui nous a pris environ 45 minutes.
Là, il fallut attendre le plus haut de la marée, juste avant qu'elle ne commence à descendre.
Nous avons amené le bateau dans la descente et comme la marée descendait, il s'est doucement posé dans la pente
pendant que nous retournions au dodo.
It was in the middle of the night, we have no pictures.
We sailed DESERT CAT for 45 minutes, up to the Centre du Navigateur Marc Perron.
There we waited until the tide was at the highest, just before it starts to lower down.
We brought the boat on the ramp and as the tide was going down, it slowly layed down in the slope of the ramp
while we went back to bed.
There she is in the morning.
Nous nous habillons en vitesse. Ils sont prêts à "jacker" le bateau.
At 8:00 Marc Perron knocks on the hull to wake us up.
We get dressed quickly. They are ready to jack up the boat.
The work begins.
À l'aide du cric pour l'arrière, à l'aide du monte-charge pour l'avant.
Little by little, block after block, the boat is lifted smoothly.
With the help of the jack at the stern, and the help of the forklift at the bow.
pour éviter au bateau de glisser en bas de ses blocs.
The bow is secured to the forklift to avoid the boat
to slip from the blocks.
And the work goes on...
Et continue...
And goes on...
Et se poursuit...
And on...
Until the boat is high enough to put a trailer underneath.
It fits tight.
Wood beams are put on the trailer.
At the back and at the front.
Tightly secured.
The boat is lowered down on the beams.
And there she goes up the ramp.
Now let's try to put her in the travelift.
Normand est un expert dans l'art de conduire ce machin.
It fits very tight but it fits.
Normand is an expert in driving this thing.
DESERT CAT est déposé doucement sur des blocs.
DESERT CAT is smoothly lowered down on wooden blocks.
Il est dû pour se refaire une beauté de toute façon.
It's rubbing a bit but what to do....
She is due to freshen up anyway.
Ils partent en vacances avec leurs enfants sur leur voilier WOY WOY.
Another nice encounter in the boatyard. Adèle and Gilles are friends of our friends Sylvain et Louise (TRIBULL 1).
They are going on vacation with their children on their sailboat WOY WOY.
As soon as DESERT CAT was out of the travelift, it's WOY WOY's turn, for her launching.
