We took a trip down to the boat to see how she was making out in the Southern Summer heat. Everything (knock wood) seems to be going well so we performed some maintenance in preparation for launching later on this year.
The teak was touched up with Cetol and I used Attwood's hull cleaner to remove the "mustache" Freedom was growing from all of the miles we put on her. If you squint you might see a hint of it in this photo. It's a brown stain above the water line created by the bow wake. Cudos to Attwood since the product was strong enough to remove the build up but not so strong as to bleach out the bottom paint.
After the clean up we drove down to Savannah and visited with Michele. As a part of that trip we stopped in at Fort Pulaski and the Tybee Light. Fort Pulaski was the last fort built with brick and mortar. When the Union attacked it with rifled artillery it was obvious this construction technique was no longer viable. The fort surrendered to the Union when the walls were breached and the magazine was in danger of being detonated.
The Tybee light is one of those landmarks people can visit and fully explore. Yes, that means you can walk to the top of the light. All 178 steps will get you there. And if you try it when it's 95 degrees outside like I did you will (hopefully) arrive at the top and wonder why you tried it. But once up top and outside on the deck the view made it worthwhile.
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