Graham, Nothing new to report yet, the boat is still sitting on the mud tilted over. They are starting to fill the canal's summit level already, and the local dredgers want to float thru in the next week or two so I expect water shortly. Soon, very soon! Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "graham pugh" <grahampugh@earthlink.net> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:56 AM To: "Great Loop List" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com>, fred@tug44.org Subject: Re:Winter in the mud Fred, More to the point we all want to know how your trawler fared resting in the mud this winter. Now we all want the honest story ! Graham Pugh