Last June/July Scott spent 2 months repainting the entire hull and bottom at Baja Naval's yard. He stayed right there and liked their slow, steady work but this year we chose Guillermo's yard, a smaller, less expensive yard but they were known for doing faster work.

Our boat, Celestial is 47 ft, 14 ft beam and needs 9 ft for draft so only a high tide would do. We were trying to get the bottom paint on and drying before the rains and heavier winds returned so our window was small. Guillermo was ready at the 8:30am haul out time which was only a few days away, we were even early just because we weren't sure how SLOW the boat would go. The owner was there supervising the whole time, and as a last-minute project, Scott asked if they could clear paint our 75ft carbon fiber mast, spreaders and spinnaker pole. They agreed to send a guy up the mast on our bosom chair, while Scott watched him go up and I managed the electric winch under the dodger. The pictures shows the dark top, fresh paint so it was working! Everything was done and we were back in the water in 2 & ½ days, we had up to 5 days for the tide. Scott had to lay down our own tarps to catch drips from the mast and they tried to do some touch up work on the hull which wasn't perfect, but we were happy overall.

They allowed us to live on the boat which means using their toilets exclusively and climbing a 15 ft ladder, but I managed that as well, even with my one-month old sprained ankle.

Our speed went from going barely 4 knots to doing 7 knots on the way back to Cruiseport! Scott was a happy Captain once more