First Day of Spring brought cold weather to Midland as I was perched upon the top step of the ladder, heat gun in hand, plastic scraper in other hand, winter coat on with hood...well, you get the picture....the weather was cold and it was time to remove the old name of CARPE DIEM.  A task that had to be done.  We didn't consider this bad luck as we figure a boat is not a boat until it is in the water.  This task took me most of the day, wasn't too bad to take off however, you just have to make sure you don't take the tips of your fingers off at the same time!  This weekend I shall remove the gummy leftovers and buff my stern!

Doug was busy down below taking out the old engine oil with a pump that really worked his triceps, boy, 5 litres of oil takes forever to remove as the oil pump was a piece of crape diem!  He is still working on the strut & stern tube alignment, there is an issue there.  Here he is taking a measurement with a string and vinyl plug set-up.

We are awaiting our new stainless shaft which we hope to install in 2 weeks.  Launch date is 33 days away!  Getting excited!!