Hooray, and up she rises.

It's now time to haul K'Gari out, for the couple of things that need to be done out of the water.

As mentioned before, both tasks can be done by simply finding a suitable beach or sandbank and waiting for the tide to drop, doing the jobs and wait for the incoming tide.

Not being overly familiar with suitable local beaches, as well as the fact that both the tasks to be done, are virgin ground in my skill repertoire , the decision has been taken to haul out.
A vision, not so splendid, of having managed to lose the all important oil drain plug, or its associated teeny tiny "o"ring, leaving the saildrives unplugged, with an incoming tide, bring to mind "boy/finger /dyke  stories, so  let's be sensible first time round and do the unfamiliar tasks, in the safest possible environment, where there will be no real time constraints.

Almost on the straps.

 K'Gari is manoeuvred into the entrance for the hoist and engines shut down. She is then walked into the hoist, using the the lines which had just gone ashore, from each bow and stern.
She is hauled in  by the yard staff and positioned with the straps underneath her.
The positions for the lifting straps, emailed in advance, were perfectly aligned with the marks we had made on the hull with tape.
A diver went down and checked the positioning before the hoist started, to ensure all was clear.

Taking the weight

Out she comes , as smoothly as possible.
Yes, I was nervous.That's my boat hanging there.

Up ,up and away

The  yard at Kuala Penyu couldn't have taken more care. Thank you.

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                             The actual work took three hours from beginning to end.

oil drain plug at bottom of saildrive leg

Change the oil in the sail drive- simply undo the plug, catch it and the o ring, drain the oil, (opening the dipstick up on board, on the dry end of the saildrive, first to prevent a vacuum), replace plug, checking 'o'ring is in place, refill with oil. No problem, no pressure of a rising tide!

The anodes were a bit more interesting, and equally trouble free. Each saildrive has three anodes, below the water. At the front end two half rings, then another set of half rings just forward of the prop and a tiny triangular anode located at the aft end , between the folding blades. All are fitted or removed using a simple allen key.

Off with the old.

On with the new.

All three  anodes renewed

and ..yes the blades still fold. Yes, the rubbish was removed!

K'Gari was refloated with equal care. A few more skills to add to the ever growing list. Hopefully I will never need to fill out another CV in my life , but as they say, when you stop learning , its probably all over.