MVW, when do you plan on getting out of the yard? Are you heading north at that point?
Interestingly, I just got off the phone with Mario, owner and operations manager at Niza Marine in Ensenada. Stabilizers were installed this past week, engine and generator install start next week. Electrician has been working on rewiring.
To answer your question, supposedly she'll be sprayed in about 3 weeks, and the bottom paint completed. Fingers crossed, splashed in early April. But there will still be a lot of interior work to be done, but will save $1k/month on yard fees. Some things are a bargain in Mexico, other things are not. Bottom jobs and yard fees are only so-so bargains.
Attached pictures are from today.
Other pictures are of windows. I decided to have new windows fiberglassed in. They should be about twice as strong as the old windows that are simple plastic clamp-frames. They should also be very water tight. This is one of the items I didn't anticipate but because labor was affordable, I went ahead and did. Three front windows you see in the pics plus two fairly large windows on either side. $3k (plus glass and hardware) to have all replaced.
Also, pics of a propane box I recently added to the top deck. This will also be a "counter" next to my grilling station. You can see the portside bench forward of the box. This was $1k addition to have glassed in place, which was actually just a wee bit more than purchasing two horizontal propane tanks placed in the bench-storage, my original plan
Next picture is underside of aft deck extension. To brace this, a beefy piece of SS T-bar will be placed with "T" facing up into the slot. This will provide structure support for dingy overhead.
Final Pic is a screen shot of video he sent. Hull gate has been reversed - it used to swing outward instead of inward. Two issues with that. First, safety issue if you lean against it. Second and more importantly for me, having it swing out and against hull prevented attachment of a beefy rubrail as it would interfere with the door operation unless I cut the rubrail very short or lowered it down. Total cost of this work was $1200 - there was quite a bit of fairing to be done on the inside.
