Adriana is a beautiful yacht  and we really did not have to do a lot to her to make her exactly what we wanted for our adventures.
We wanted to antifoul her bottom before she went back into the water.  This was easy we ordered the paint from the marina chandlery and it arrived within a couple of days.
Normally Craig would use Micron Extra but that product is not available in Canada due to strict toxicity regulations.  so we had to settle for Micron CSC.
We had to sand the previous years antifoul off and repaint her this took over a week and yes it did snow in between sanding and painting.  The antifoul is blue and got on to everything.

There were a couple of slight gouges that Craig re glassed and she was as good as new.

Her propeller is a solid bronze four blade feathering Vairprop made in Denmark.  We removed the propeller and thoroughly cleaned, sanded, re greased and gave it a good coating of PropSpeed.  There is a brand new spare prop onboard just in case.

We enjoyed doing the work to her and even though it was cold it was nice to be outside.

Inside temperature

We had access to the inside but we had not power or water and we had to climb a ladder secured with a rope.

But we had gas and we could make a cup of tea, she looked so lovely before we moved in

When she went into the water we had to empty the water tanks of the antifreeze, which is an alcohol based pink solution.  This was done by flushing fresh water through the pipes and emptying out the tanks.  The toilets and shower drains got the same treatment.  Once we switched the aircon on the antifreeze flushed through the system and it was ready to use.
I think the Wintering process is a lot more involved, they have to ensure there is no water in any pipes and add the antifreeze as any liquid will freeze and can expand a burst pipes and tanks.

The Marina uses a travel lift to put the boats in and out of the water, the boats are moved around by a trailer while they are on the stands.  The are manoeuvred into position below the travel lift, which slides forward away from the water.  Big bands or straps are placed under the hull, they are then tightened so she lifts off the stands and the travel lift moves back over the water where the boat is lowered by the straps, once the boat is sitting in the water the straps are released and she is free to move forward and out into the marina waters, and into to her berth.

The staff at Wiarton Marina were so friendly and helpfull, its a lovely Marina, very sheltered and calm most of the time. Carol in the office was fantastic helping us with our questions and ordering in our bits and pieces.

The lake water is super clear and there are no tides as such. There can be a slight tide due to the wind blowing the mass of water towards or away from shore, the lakes were running real high this Spring due to the wet weather. There is a blanket ban on putting anything in the water, so we had to pump out every so often.

We ordered a new Mantis 85 lb  anchor along with 80 mt of new chain and 80 mt of rode.  We ordered a water maker from Trinidad of all the places !! writing this blog on 30th May it still hadn't arrived.
We found an ex metalwork teacher to make us a frame to hold the 6 solar panels ~ We managed to buy the solar panels on sale they were originally CA$549.00 each and we bought them for $249.00, that's a huge saving when your buying 6.