Puerto de Radazul
This life of leisure can get quite hectic at times. It was nice to sleep in this morning. At shower time we were down to one working shower/toilet block in the marina. Puerto Radazul seem to be having some serious plumbing problems.
Our first job was to stow all the dry stores and 80 litres of bottled water we bought yesterday. Kiriwina is not a big boat but she has a lot of storage capacity. After around 3 hours everything was safely stowed away and a "where is it" list made.
Kiriwina needs her bottom cleaned and antifouled. We had arranged a haul-out for 15:00.
Kiriwina entering the haul-out dock at Puerto de Radazul. They had chosen to use the smaller of their two straddle hoists.
Houston, we have a problem!
The small straddle hoist has too small. It could not move far enough aft. No problem said the yard crew just disconnect the forestay/furling gear. "Er, but it's holding up the mast" said the skipper. "We will tie some rope to it" they said.
Disconnecting the forestay/furling gear was not an option I was prepared to consider in these circumstances. Had we gone in astern they would have wanted the backstays disconnected. The haul-out was cancelled.
Our first job was to stow all the dry stores and 80 litres of bottled water we bought yesterday. Kiriwina is not a big boat but she has a lot of storage capacity. After around 3 hours everything was safely stowed away and a "where is it" list made.
Kiriwina needs her bottom cleaned and antifouled. We had arranged a haul-out for 15:00.
Kiriwina entering the haul-out dock at Puerto de Radazul. They had chosen to use the smaller of their two straddle hoists.
Houston, we have a problem!
The small straddle hoist has too small. It could not move far enough aft. No problem said the yard crew just disconnect the forestay/furling gear. "Er, but it's holding up the mast" said the skipper. "We will tie some rope to it" they said.
Disconnecting the forestay/furling gear was not an option I was prepared to consider in these circumstances. Had we gone in astern they would have wanted the backstays disconnected. The haul-out was cancelled.