Getting out of San Carlos

Nick arrived in San Carlos, after some hard travel from Maine, and immediately launched into a lot of work to get Baloo out of the desert and into the water. It was fast and furious, with no time for pictures.

The keel was stripped and faired. New barrier coat and bottom paint was applied. The hull was waxed. Two years worth of red desert dust was cleaned from every corner of the boat. The pouring rain (El Nino year) rain didn't help much, but we hit the water on time - and Nick moved the boat to a slip at Marina San Carlos.

Then Kris and Ben arrived by bus from Tucson, and continued the breakneck speed on priority projects.



Kris spent a whole day up the mast working on running rigging. This was top priority.





The windvane, Flem, was cleaned and lubed. Keeping Flem happy is high on everyone's list, as everyone hates hand-steering at night in big waves. Except Flem, who is great at it.





Here is a picture of the aft end of Kris. I'm not sure why.





Here is Baloo's cockpit. A mess.





Here we are, getting ready to take off.