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Position: 44°00.0607 North 076°59.3814 West Temperature 19°C, Pressure 102.3kPa, Wave Height N/A, Wave Period 3sec Sea Temp. 21°C, Wind NE 7 knots  Marine Forecast issued for Lake Ontario. Issued: 3.00 AM EDT Monday 27 August 2007 for the period ending at 3.00 AM Tuesday with an outlook for the following 24 hours. Forecast: Wind light and variable. Fair. Waves less than 1 metre. Outlook..Light and variable becoming southerlies. August 28, 2007The weather is holding and I got the mast down today and moved from D Dock to the wall. This is it no turning back time to haul. 
There was too much activity for Rufus to stay around during the mast act leaving me with to much time to contemplate the comming discovery of what I have on my plate. Hanging around the marina gives me more time to hang out with the cats. All the activity sent Rufus in fact did not return until dark. When he did come home Rufus spent over an hour chasing a huge moth providing much entertainment. August 29, 2007
Haul Out Day
Defiance is out of the water and I am through the first knee shaking 24 hours of discovery. All in all not bad as there is nothing so far that is going to exceeds any Lloyds criteria. Stuff, lots of stuff, but I expect that. At this stage I would say the 4 year haul out was due more to the coatings than the ice. 
Twenty four hours into the haul my gut tells me that this will be a big one. I have spent most of today digesting the preliminary inspections results (attached) and deciding on coatings which end up being “Ice Breaking” specifications and what Canada’s super ice breakers use. Cheap by no means as my starting order is 10 gallons, and that is a tip of the ice so to speak. I still believe that this will be a major haul out and that my costs will be less than $3,500, and a huge amount done. Moreover, done to some serious standards of serviceability with 100% attention spent on prep. If I keep that in mind and can figure out how to pay for it, come next year Defiance will be ready for some sea time. Rufus was not too sure about the new front door but once he got the trick of slithering through the scupper from the temporary ladder enjoys the view from this penthouse.  August 30, 2007
Major bottom remedial – re coating 2007This recommendation is after a post haul out invasive inspection where all coatings are ground clean to bare white metal and the maximum depth of worst case pitting considered using digital depth measurement. Overall all 2004 coatings have been less than successful, and there are a number of patches where “rust blooms” have evidenced themselves. Detail images of the hull condition best show oxidation distribution that has no specific pattern, which is good as it menans no electrolis. The overall consensus of oppinion that it was surface contamination during the last quick bottom job that caused the higher than expected oxidation. It should be noted that this is on 0.25” thick plate. The average being less 0.0020” in depth is of compliance concer. 
The repair and future coating issue will be “Canadian Made” Ameron coatings. After much research and spending more than a bit of air time with the technical department the NEW coatings of Defiance will be as follows. The service duty cycle will be adjusted to that of ICE BREAKING. The following coatings are the newest bottom coatings (for steel ships) as used on Canada’s newest Ice Breakers. They have been tailored to tough arctic ice and cold water conditions. If one was to take the boat south to the Tropics you would be advised to add a tropical antifouling on top of the Americoat 339 Top Coat, which would only require a scuffing of the 339. The service coating compatibility is quite acceptable under the recommended usage (and tech. support) guidelines. The bottom coating materials will be as follows:
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