Bayou La Batre Shipyard

The first day we looked at our boat in Biloxi.

leaving Biloxi on our way to the shipyard in Bayou La Batre. My son Will helped get the boat ready to move, it took us three days to get it prepared for the trip.

Coming into the Bayou La Batre harbor after a 10 hour trip across the Gulf.

Out of the water at the shipyard. Workers scraping barnacles off the bottom.

Adding the swim deck in this picture. For the next five months, Jan to May 2010, My son Will went with me to the shipyard to work on the boat and get it ready for the trip north to Indiana.

Will is standing in the propeller housing (kort nozzle) which later we removed.

Sand blasted and primered, swim deck completed.

We also added a 12-inch bow thruster.

This is the weekend Mary and I are leaving to bring the boat back to Indiana.