Well, it took 54 days - from August 12th when I left the boat at Keehi Marine Center, to October 5th when the boat arrived at the KKMI boat yard in Richmond, CA. She's finally home and we can start figuring out what was up with the lower rudder bearing. I met the trucker at KKMI around 1115 and by 1330 we had the boat and mast unloaded from the trailer. While I wait for the rudder guy to free up, I spend the rest of the day unwrapping the mast (2 100'x12" rolls of bubble wrap I bought at Home Depot in Hawaii), and reassembling the mast (installing the spreaders, etc.). We also came up with a plan to fabricate a cover for the radar mast hole that's in the deck. Depending on what we find with the rudder bearing, we should have the boat back in the water next week. Once it's in the water we can re-step the mast and sail back to Brisbane.
