And that was the first time I saw Tiki-cheri!
Love. Love. Love! Every boat needs a hug!
Tiki-Cheri needs new rigging. I wanted it to have new, dependable rigging so we could head out feeling safe as could be. We also needed to have the engine serviced and of course we need a new dodger. tiki-cheri also needs her bottom cleaned about every six weeks, especially when she is sitting idly waiting at the dock. There are times when action seems a long ways off indeed!
Necessarily a number of men have entered my life, men with mostly fabulous names : Rafael, the angel, Rodrigo like El Cid, and Jesus.
First Carlos the rigger:
It took him a month to get the accurate measurements and finally place the order with rigworks in San Diego. As I understand it, the order is on the way and with luck he’ll be able to start when I get back next tuesday. Let s hope!
This is Rafael the welder, an artist welder I’m told who can weld the finest welding things! He was brought in to coax the screws on the roller furling to release the cable.
He brought a helper, who held things and passed things and ran back to the car for things.
This is El buso, the diver.
His name is Rodrigo. He’ll be here every six weeks to clean the bottom of the boat and scrape off the barnacles and other attachy-sticky things that can damage the paint on the hull and thus also the hull. I ‘m ever so grateful to be able to hire for that job, which in a marina is unpleasant at best. At least here there are no cocodrillos (crocodiles) like in Marina Vallarta!
Sweet! But don’t let the local mental health authorities see you staying in that position for excessively long periods. No licking the deck etc. 🙂
Miss you here in Kingston M-P.