Launch day went well as you can see from the videos.  I removed all the water from the bilges and returned tonight to see if anything was leaking. The bilge was still dry and and not one of the thru hulls were wet. Before i left I did place some paper napkins under the stuffing box and well it is leaking slightly. Just another thing to do, added to the list.

I did manage to get the spacer for the new VHF antenna mount started. I picked up a 1 inch think block of aluminum today. I will be prepping it this week, round off the edges and drill three holes to accommodate 1.5 inch #8 stainless steel screws. I may even put the equivalent of a pennant on the antenna.  A pennant was originally used on sailing vessels as a wind instrument to determine what the wind speed and direction was at the masthead. The decision to put it up and what to use for material will be decided later in the week. I will need to ensure that it will not slide down the antenna and interfere with the modern day wind interments. It may be simply a short piece or rip-stop nylon or maybe 2 who knows.

Show you what I come up with later this week. Any ideas just post them here.