It was over a month before the first attempt to raise the Lord Sheffield took place after she went down. Several factors went into the delay, but after those were overcome we were ready to try a pump-out method to bring her up.

Unfortunately, the pump out proved to be unsuccessful, leaving us to wait another two weeks before a crane large enough to lift us became available.

On December 5th, after seven weeks underwater, the Lord Sheffield finally broke the surface and once again floated above water.

After a tow from Simpson Bay Lagoon to Great Bay, work began on trying to save our engine. After several days of non-stop attention, our Gardner diesel fired up, and the focus switched to stripping her out, washing her down, and getting her on the hard.

As we were coming out, we decided to take this opportunity to pull the aft mast, as well as all of the yards in order to do maintenance and replace our sails.

Once on the hard, the process of beating back the damaged concrete began. Though it may look like we've just made the problem worse, this is the necessary steps in repairing a boat of this type.

While the exterior work progressed, the interior moved forward as well. Once dried out, we continued cleaning, scraping, sanding, and finally started the process of repaneling.

This brings us up to now, with our project now needing the extra push to reach completion. Concrete and steel for the hull is on order, with just our location on an island slowing the delivery. The engine and fuel tank will still need to be lifted out, in order to clean and service both as well as the engine room. The interior is nearing 50% complete, with material and labor being the remaining hurdles. The exterior will need sanding and painting, as well as some minor woodwork, however it is down to only mainly cosmetics. And finally, our new sails will need to be ordered, as well as the yards and masts serviced and repainted. This puts our completing timeline in the range of 8-12 weeks, and a remaining budget of $52,000, doubling the current input of $52,000.