Haulout in Medregal Village
Chaser 2
Yvonne Chapman
Mon 24 Nov 2008 20:04
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No worries hauling out at Medregal Village. Jean Marc the owner over the
Marina and Hotel facility told us to be ready at 0900 hrs and sure enough at
0830 we saw the travel lift start up and prepare to enter the water. It's an
interesting system, the travel lift doesn't quite come to get you, but it does
drive deep into the sea for us to have aenough depth of water for us to enter.
It was so easy, Alan from Tamarugo and Gary from Windstar came
alongside in their dinghies in case we needed a sideways push, sods law makes
the wind blow at the wrong time, but all went well. The lift operators
checking and double checking that Chaser ll is tied correctly and the
strops are placed in the correct position under the boat so as not to damage the
shaft or through hulls, they even send divers down to take a look.
So now we are on the hard, the lads pressure washed
and scraped the hull and we now spent all day preparing to leave her for a few
months in order to take time out to visit our family and friends in Europe and
to welcome our daughters first baby into the world.
There is a lot of work to do when you leave your
floating home on dry land, grease and close all seacocks, flush the engine
system, the air con system and the generator system, sails come off, biminis
down, pickle the watermaker, drain water tanks, grease the toilet valves, block
all outlets to stop insects building nests, clean the bilges, spray with WD 40,
insect repellent and roach and ant preventer etc.Mildew is a worry when the boat
is closed for so long, everything has to be left open, wardrobes, cupboards,
pantry, interior lockers.
So here are some pics of the day, nice place to
haulout at too. We have dug out all our winter clothes from deep in the bilges,
haven't worn them since I left 21/2 years ago.So, giant suitcases, to get out of
the boat, we rented a room for the 3 nights we are on land. Much better than
living aboard when you are on dry land with little breeze and a boat full of
tools and clothes. The room has en-suite facilities and air con, so for 100
Bolivares (currently 20US$ per night inc breakfast, it makes sense.Check it out
on http://www.hotel-marina-venezuela.com/MARINA/pagina%203I.htm.
Ok after a hard day we're going for a beer and a
pizza, then back for a rest before we continue laying up our home for a few
months tomorrow.
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