Thursday, January 26th. 4-5 days from splash.
Continues to be a full-court press on Weebles. Monday looks pretty firm for launch. Orlando will be aboard to test systems. I am mostly interested in seeing the Stabilizers operate - they were inoperable on last sea trial several months ago.
PICTURES
1. Non-Skid Looks great. AlexSeal makes a non-skid granule that is mixed with their paint and sprayed. Very nice, consistent coating.
2. Three colors of Weebles. The hull-gate is a good place to see the white and two shades of grey that comprise Weebles. The caprails were originally mahogany. One of the Nordhavns I delievered was one of the very last N46's built, circa 2002 or so. It had encapsulated caprails and I was in love. Not only for maintenance reasons, but I thought they looked great. BTW - the hull-gate used to be an out-swing which was dangerous and inconvenient. The hinges were lift-off so if the door caught on a dock, it would launch into the water.
3. Last work items. Orlando started installing a few last minute items. External speaker for loud-hailer, air horn, and I decided to go with a Cerbo GX monitor system for solar to solve bluetooth issues. We'll see if its good money after bad....
4. Interior still a mess. Probably won't get cleaned-up until tomorrow, after the aforementioned install stuff is complete. But it's starting to look like a real boat -
5. Cruiseport Marina. Weebles will berth at Cruiseport Village Marina, a 10-min walk to Centro (downtown); and a 15-min walk to the boatyard. I stopped by yesterday to personally apologize for the any delays. There are two viable marinas in Ensenada. The other is Marina Coral where Ksanders and his Bayliner 4788 stayed a couple months ago. Coral is connected to a full service hotel and offers resort-style amenities. To my tastes, its a bit far from Centro, plus it's popular with gringos so its sort of a walled-garden. My slip rent at Cruiseport will be $450/mo - Coral would be about 10%-15% higher so negligible - it is a very nice marina.
6. Gaspars Barber Shop (not me in chair). I have had my haircut a handful of times from three different barbers. There seems to be a theme: they were all deported from the US. All did time in some sort of jail or detention likely for gang affiliation. All found God. And all have been good guys who give a riteous haircut. I've stuck with Gaspar for a while now - he does a neck massage at the end that just melts me into his chair. He uses one of the old fashioned Oster massagers with that has springs for bands around his hands. $140 pesos, around $7.50 USD.