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We had a few days to visit to the South on the St. John's River after the excellent service on our boat at Huckins. With our new blue bottom we went South down the river that flows North in the middle of Florida. We will come back to this special river. Huckins splashed our boat on Friday as promised!  See previous post for details. View from the parking area @ Boathouse Marina Sunset from the dock @ BHM The dock is narrow compared to some The owners made us feel right at home. Skip and Marlene helped us tie up and get settled. One of the boats across from us at the dock Slip #9 and a few others were open.  The facedock is covered and has good tie up and a table for watching sunsets Walked around the residential area and felt we were in Old Florida. Clean walkways and nice old houses The historic district has many 1800s and early 1900s homes that are restored Electricity is metered for longer stays. Our two n...

@ TheOffice: Bottom's Up or at least painted : Every few years boats in sea water especially in warm climates have their bottom done. You can depending on your skill and ability do this yourself. We had used a local boatyard in the past. Our friends on "Finally", Richard and Jill recommended Huckins for the service. http://www.huckinsyacht.com/service/  This was a good decision to travel there for the experience. We had heard of old boats like ours having to be "Peeled" because of hull delamentation and excessive blistering. This Grand Banks was in the yard at Huckins to be re coated with gel coat and epoxy A very expensive process that can take months to dry out. With "The Office" as our only home we hoped this would not be needed.  This is the stern of our boat before the work. She is in rough shape but no delamantation or too many blisters. The two large zincs are almost gone after three years. Sail Harbor did the last bottom job in Decemb...