With Memorial Day in our wake, it's officially official summertime season! For those of you planning to cruise the slot, break out your foulies. The rest of us are going to be dipping into the shorts and t-shirt drawers praying those waistbands didn't shrink while tucked away during those long colder months.

If you haven't already come in to get your bottom paint freshened, there's no time like the present. Give us a call and we can get you booked to be slip sliding all over the Bay no matter your attire!

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Watch our video to learn how a great bottom painting job starts with compliance! Click here.

DID YOU KNOW?

Precautionary tales, preventative tips, interesting finds and practical pointers from our project managers and around the web

This you have to see to believe - things we find in the boatyard

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CAPTAIN Q'S QUAGMIRES

This California man caught national attention for having been mandated by the county to fence in the boat in his side yard... seems his paint job got the last laugh. Click here

This doesn't look like it's going to end well...

Maximum efficiency, but how?

Better safe than sorry or repeat O-fender?

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CHALLENGE:

Pollywogs appear before King Neptune and his court to become shellbacks in a weird, unofficial U.S. Navy ceremony commemorating a sailor's first official crossing of what imaginary line?

CHALLENGE:

Stolen from a Facebook page called "WTF is this thing on my boat?" Any thoughts on what this might be?

ANSWER:

If you happened to visit the Facebook page, you probably saw at least one of these contraptions. It's a pre-feeder for a jib. Those of you who have furling jibs might not get it, but these things are very helpful when you're trying to raise your jib. If you're interested in looking further into it, here's a link to a cruiser's forum on the subject.

Congratulations to

PETE WOLCOTT

Here's Pete up his rig. YIKES!

"Our last boat was beautiful, but a big project. Here I am surveying the 1997 Catan 47’ mast that the original builder picked up 2^nd hand. I’d never used mast steps before. They sure made climbing the rig easy."

PLAYLIST SONG OF THE MONTH

Songs to add to your boating playlist...

Hard to believe it's been so long since this was our song of the month:

Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding

Got a favorite boating song? Send it to Marianne@kkmi.com

One of our favorite parts of people coming into the office is when they bring their sweet critters.

This is Harper

And this is Oreo

Alex celebrates his first year with KKMI

Thanks for stopping by the booth at the Pacific Sail and Powerboat Show at Westpoint Marina

We love how Wendy takes such good care of us for our monthly Birthday celebrations. Happy Birthday May babies!

Beer Friday celebrating our gang in the Richmond yard

And for our "Between the Sheets" for this month:

And quite possibly the winner of "Between the Sheets"

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!