{"id":106,"date":"2016-07-06T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2016-07-06T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T12:37:51","slug":"making-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/06\/making-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Waves!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day finally arrived for us to put the boat in the water! After repairing the rudder we put on five coats of Interprotect 2000 to help seal the hull. Then two coats of bottom paint. After that I mounted the rudder and finally put the propeller shaft back in place. At this point Scott moved us over to the travel lift where we could finish touching up the paint job, wash the hull and apply the new name. We launched Hiraeth on July 4th!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160619_154147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160619_154147-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Repaired rudder ready for paint \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160619_154147-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160619_154147-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Repaired rudder ready for paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160621_103449.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160621_103449-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hull with Barrier Coat \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160621_103449-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160621_103449-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hull with Barrier Coat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160622_193442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160622_193442-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hull with Bottom Coat\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160622_193442-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160622_193442-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160622_193442-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hull with Bottom Coat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_151026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_151026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rudder and Propeller Shaft\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_151026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_151026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_151026-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudder and Propeller Shaft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_154824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_154824-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Moving to the Lift\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_154824-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_154824-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160701_154824-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moving to the Lift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_141305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_141305-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Applying the Name\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_141305-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_141305-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_141305-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Applying the Name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_173234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_173234-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lowering into the Water\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_173234-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_173234-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_173234-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lowering into the Water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having her in the water has taken some getting used to. The first night we were up every two hours to check the bilge. There are new noises and Hiraeth moves a lot more!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_204034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_204034-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Acclimating to the Water \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_204034-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_204034-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_20160704_204034-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acclimating to the Water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next up the engine!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1467808412417-1225119454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1467808412417-1225119454-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At Her Slip\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1467808412417-1225119454-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1467808412417-1225119454-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1467808412417-1225119454-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Her Slip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day finally arrived for us to put the boat in the water! After repairing the rudder we put on five coats of Interprotect 2000 to help seal the hull. Then two coats of bottom paint. After that I mounted the rudder and finally put the propeller shaft back in place. At this point Scott &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/06\/making-waves\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making Waves!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alberg30"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefknotsandrigging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}