Phoenix bottom cleaning

Underwater shot of the bottom of Phoenix. I am cleaning her hull for the haul out in Port townsend next week, april 7. The vessel has a 9.5' draft. draft is how deep a boat is in the water. She has 1,000 square feet of wetted surface area that I scrubbed with a 4" square scrub brush. wore me out. The vessel has not been out of the water in 5 years. I'll be scraping and repainting her and hopefully attaching the chainplates. I will also have the old masts removed to prepare for the new ones.

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• Underwater
• sailboat
• hull
• cleaning
• schooner
• phoenix

[ChaufMT]

So, slowely it starts to get its shape :)

[captainkruse]

Yes, it is time I work on the hull.

[caa1000]

That ship could be a "Chia Boat!" Lol! Then, of course the hard work begins in the top with the spars and everything in it.

[captainkruse]

that is a good idea. I could put a chia pet underwater with vaseline where I do not want growth. Make fuzzy aquarium heads.

[ntheoret]

Wow, that's a lot of work. Thank goodness you're a scuba diver, at least you can do all that stuff yourself instead of hiring someone.

Hang on, you're getting there...

[captainkruse]

getting closer

[DavidAnimal86]

This is incredible. Iam bottom cleaner myself; this is deep man. Keep us posted.