Sunday, 31 July 2022

Panama - Linton Bay Marina, Goodbye Jenny, and Hauling Out

We left Shelter Bay Marina and did a tour of the Colon Bay, looking to see if there were any other anchorages, as we might be returning here next year.

Cargo ships in the Bay


Looking toward one of the two openings in the Breakwater

One one corner it seemed to be a Graveyard for ships

We arrived back at Linton Bay, and Jenny made arrangements to leave us, after being aboard Meshugga for 7 + 1/2 months.

We made arrangements to Haul Out, and on a windy Saturday morning 30 July, we Hauled with Jim and his team for a Very Professional Haul 

Jim, the Hard Manager, and Crane Driver, Nicholas and the Diver who checked the straps were all the in the correct position


Meshugga hauling in the bay

Slowly moving to our spot
By the time we were Chocked, it was 11.30am. The marina staff Hi-Pressure Hosed us for an half hour then packed up and left! And did not come back after lunch!

We took out our small Hi-Pressure hose, and soon thereafter Jim came to apologize that they’d run out of time, and lent us the Marinas Big Hi-Pressure Machine.  Whilst not ideal, we had their machine for the whole weekend, and was able to give Meshugga a fabulous once over, thus reducing the amount of sanding we’d have to do 




One very Blue, and dirty Nicholas


1 comment:

  1. Great that you got the hi-pressure machine for so long! Nicholas's shoulder looks SOOOO much better. Looks like hard work.

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