Up at 6:30. Breakfast and Bible reading, then finish prepping the boat for haul out.
Our neighbors helped move the boat. We stopped at the pump out dock, to pump out and get the survey guy on board. He was bringing his boat over to La Cruz, but ran out of fuel, sailing but no wind. So, he didn’t get to check the engine at operating temperature.
We arrived at the pump out dock between 0830 & 0900, got our holding tank pumped out, then lined up on the lift. We got to the first strap at 0930, right on schedule, right in the middle of the lift, no issues, no need for language Spanish or spare fenders. Better to be ready and not need it….
The survey guy (John) arrived after we were out, and checked the hull, and saw the damage, then the fiberglass guy ground out the fiberglass that needed to get fixed and the water started draining. I am guessing 5 gallons or more of water came out. This may delay our getting back in the water next week.
In the meantime, we are staying at the La Cruz Inn, Avery nice quaint hotel and restaurant. This is the restaurant that has dancing horses Friday nights.
I have a better description of this in the post titled ROCKS. It is not up yet, and will be completed and posted after the repairs are done. (Today is actually 12/17, and the repairs are supposed to be done today, and we are supposed to splash tomorrow, Saturday)
