We moved onto the boat a week ago today. Jim is in the cockpit re-installing the cockpit seat hardware and he just came down below to get some caulking. He knew right where it was and could actually access it without moving twenty things to get to it. As he headed back out he said "It's so nice to be able to access things!" - that about sums up what it's been like until yesterday. We've been installing, putting away, inventorying, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. We set a tentative launch date for 2/19. There is still a lot of re-installing to do and we still need to paint the bottom, but the two major disruptive jobs are done - installing the new windlass and removing the old holding tank. We may head across Bahia Guaymas to the Singlar (Government) marina for a week to finish up and install the new holding tank which is being made.
Living on the boat in the boat yard is just another "adventure" - sort of like camping with a few more amenities. Lots of very interesting people here. There are a few people who are working on their boats with the goal to get back into the water ASAP. There are a surprising number of people who just come down here to use their boats (on the hard) as a place to stay for 4 or 5 months.
-There was an Austrian family (2 boys 6 and 9) who was here for two weeks. They had done the Northwest Passage and Alaska last year and this year they are heading across the Pacific.
-There is a young English couple who has been here for about a year doing a total refit on a boat they bought down here and are hoping to launch in a couple of weeks.
-There is a couple whose mast was hit by lightening while here in the yard last summer. They didn't know it until they got back here at the end of October. All of their electronics and much of their electrical system were fried. They are getting close to launching now.
-There have been several single-handers. Most of them have finished and launched. One who is still in the yard is a young guy who went to the Wooden Boat School in Port Hadlock and works in Port Townsend during the busy boat season and comes down here in the winter.
-Lots of Canadians.
-Several people who have done long distance cruising and have ended up in Mexico.
-Several people who have been doing the 6 months of cruising in Mexico for 8 or 9 years and have no plans to go anywhere else.
Needless to say, the conversations at the potlucks and gatherings have been very interesting!
Here are a few photos of our temporary home:
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| The ladder we go up and down many times every day. |
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| View of our "front yard" from the boat. |
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| View from the bow. |
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| New Windlass |
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| The deck is now our "garage". |
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| This is one of two boatyard dogs. |
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| View from the front of the shower/bathroom building. Looking past the guard shack to the long term storage yard across the street. |
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| This is where we do dishes and sometimes a little laundry. It's in back of the shower/bathroom building. |
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| The women's bathroom is also the book exchange and community bulletin board. |
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| Yard art - notice the hats! |
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