A week (or more) 'on the hard'

We hauled out Monday morning 04/06/2015 for a week on land.  They pressure washed the bottom and supported us with 8 triangular based stands while they work on the boat, starting tomorrow.  Logistics are entertaining.   Planing is pretty much unknown as is the time frame.  All is the 'manana' way.  lol  Some parts are ordered later than needed others are added to the list then decided we don't want to wait that long so will fix now and do again later.  Main goal was to replace cutlass bearing and sand and paint the bottom with tropical barrier coat that will slough off when sea creatures try to cling on.  They go to San Diego Tu & F to get parts.  We knew we wanted some new instruments in stalled through the boat bottom and have them ready.

We have to climb a 12' ladder to get on and off the boat.  Maui hasn't tried to climb down the ladder yet, but he'd really like to.  Can't use the sink, The toilet flushes to the holding tank but we have to use a bucket of water to flush because we can't suck in sea water for the task.  Not much in the way of cooking because washing up is a problem without being able to drain the sink, so we're eating out more than normal.

Update: Replacing the cutlass bearing (keeps the prop shaft straight) showed that the strut (thing that holds the cutlass bearing) is out of alignment, and may have been for quite some time.  We adjusted the engine and shaft alignment as much as we could, but were still a ways off.  No documentation for this boat, so had to cut into the fiberglass around the strut to figure out how to adjust it.

So now we have to wait for fiberglass to harden, then repaint these parts.  We still haven't put in the transducers for the new depth and knot meters.  The crystal ball says we might get to go back in the water next Saturday or Monday, but the marina staff are not committing to anything.

Ensenada

We've been in Ensenada a little over two months.  Thought I'd better post some pictures so you know we're okay and still having fun.

"On the hard" at Baja Naval boatyard.

Bored cats.  Squishy's fine with this, Maui really wants to take a walk.

Cindy gets a Pina Colada on the boardwalk.  Tasty even with no rum.

At Marisco's Bahia de Ensenada restaurant.

These are the best performers we've heard yet.  The guy on the left is flat-picking a 12 string, guy on the right is doing rhythm. Both had great voices.

With friends Eric and Pati from Shearwater, also getting work done in the boat yard.

This young lady plays really well.