I got back to Mexico about a week ago, and have been working hard to get my boat back in action. I've painted the bottom blue again, and I have a few small spots to work on still (the places that have been covered by the stands), and also need to get some more paint to put on the aluminum sail drive leg. I have copper paint and I can't put copper on aluminum, so I need a different paint for that.
The boat is amazingly high off the ground. When I got here it was still in a hole, so I could reach up and touch the bottom, but then they decided to move me around a bit and blocked me up on these sketchy looking (and feeling in the wind) legs that hold the boat up. Everyone walking around is quite surprised by how tall the keel is.
I haven't got all the rust off the topsides, since I wanted to get the bottom done before doing anything with the top. I can do it in the water. But I did get new chain, so I hope to not have as much rust in the future.
I also got a new starlink antenna, the mini, and it works great. It was a pain in the but to get it connected, and I had to buy a second subscription for the month of october, but it uses a lot less power, and I think it works better in motion.
There were a few rainshowers, but it is the desert here. Very very dry and super dusty. I have dust all over everything, and once I am back in the water I'll try and wash the whole boat again. And get rid of the rust spots.
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