We hauled out today. We originally thought we could skip it this year but as I was hanging off the dock and out of the dinghy polishing the hull I noticed some “growth” underwater. More investigation lead to a bottom covered in barnacles. How could that be? When we were in the Bay of Islands in November the bottom was pretty clean.
Once Charisma was up out of the water hanging from the sling we could see that hauling out was a good call. The yard spent over four hours power washing and scraping the barnacles off. We look much better now but will have another coat of paint put on while we are out.
The good thing about being out of the water is that the varnishing and polishing of the hull will be much easier jobs.
The “hard” thing about being out if the water is the bathrooms are down the 12 foot ladder and around the corner. Good exercise, right?
A bottom covered in barnacles was not what we expected!
Boy, that looks mighty familiar- the barnacles I mean. Your teak looks great. I want to talk with you about the re-caulking since I need to do our cockpit next year. Maybe you’ll get a break from boat projects with the rain that’s coming.