Back to school time of year! That leaves (pun intended) a lot of you with a lot more time to go boating! Or with more time to come to the yard and get some of those boat projects done. We're ready to help! Give us a call!

We hope you have had a wonderful summer! We are excited for the next season to come! Or as us natives call it, the best season on the water. We hope to see you out on the there soon or here in the yard!

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF OUR HOLIDAY HOURS

KKMI will be closed to observe Labor Day on

Monday, September 4th.

• Valid on KKMI two-coat bottom painting packages.
• Valid in both our Richmond and Sausalito yards.
• This promo applies to Trinidad and Odyssey only, no substitutions.
• Jobs must be booked by September 30^th 2023.

CALL TODAY!

Richmond 510-235-5564

Sausalito 415-332-5564

SAUSALITO BOATSHOW

Think the boating season is officially over after Fleet Week?! THINK AGAIN!

We could all use a little more Boat Show in our lives! The Sausalito Boat Show is aiming to please! Come join us and help make this the event of the year and year's to come!

Sausalitoboatshow.com

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD FOLKS...

If you or someone you know speaks "boat" and is looking to enjoy a rewarding work environment with great people and tons of perks... give us a call!

BOTH LOCATIONS:

Boat Wizard

Boat Painter

Please send resume if you have it and tell us a little about yourself to: hr@kkmi.com

SUCCESS STORY OF THE MONTH

Hi Janis and Chase!

I just wanted to let you know that I arrived yesterday in Hawaii safely after an 18 day trip from Richmond, CA! It was an awesome trip and Seya did incredibly well, thanks in part to all the work that has been done on her at KKMI. Thank you so much for all your care and attention! And pass my thanks on to the rest of the crew, particularly Jesse who did a last minute adjustment on my back stay… which proceeded to be one of the most critical pieces of equipment on the long downwind sail.

Thanks again so much for all of your help and support!

Holly

DID YOU KNOW?

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

If you have a PSS packing gland/stuffing box which has become standard in most newly manufactured boats today -

1. eventually the gland bellows need to be replaced 1 rubber gets stiff and the bellows fail - massive failure No easy remedy to a hole in a boat
2. When boat is out of water for bottom job - best time to make replacement.

Ask your project manager if now is the time to replace you shaft seal!

Click here to visit the Shaft Seal website.

If you ever wanted to peruse older editions of our Knewsletter, we have them on our website for your reading pleasure! Tell your friends!

Visit: www.kkmi.com/kkmi-knewsletter

CAPTAIN Q'S QUAGMIRES

Has anyone ever seen this? So cool!

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct, Netherland's... unique water bridge.

Fun marketing vehicle!

That's not where you are supposed to stow the lines! Ugh.

No trailer... no problem!

CHALLENGE:

Name that movie!

Simply reply to this email with your answer. No need to change the title. If you have one, include a photo of yourself, preferably on a boat, that we can use in the event you're our big winner! Please tell us a little about what's happening in the photo. You will be added to all entries and the winner will be selected randomly from all entries. Good luck!

The winner will be notified ahead of time and announced in our next Knewsletter.

QUESTION/ANSWER:

Don't worry, it can't suck your blood: a line that runs under the back edge of a modern mainsail shares what name with a parasitic animal?

A leech line!

Congratulations to Pete Wolcott!

Here's Pete crossing another line - the equator! The big event was catching the GPS at precisely 00.00! They were on their Looping 48 catamaran sailing from Cabo to the Marquesas.

PLAYLIST SONG OF THE MONTH

Songs to add to your boating playlist...

Classic boat song - Lyle Lovett - If I had a boat

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

Randall and Moli are back in the saddle! After a little KKMI spa treatment of a proper sand-blasting and application of new non-skid, he's now moved onto the provisioning portion of his preparation. He's headed back North to Homer, AK, by way of a large sweep out toward Hawaii.

He's taking off again on Friday. If you would like to follow along visit: www.randallreeves.live to sign up for live alerts - scroll to the very bottom.

Birthday sweets time is always a good time at the boatyard!

Taking care of those who take care of us!

Your boat is in good hands with this sweet face behind the controls!

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

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!