Have great time learning my boat and the ins and outs of San Carlos Marina. Just doing day sails for now a this is the first I have sailed in 35+ years ....... a lot like riding a bike it is coming back .... loving every minute. As for the process I used to bring Serenity Wins to Mexico ...... first...

Well we made it to San Carlos and Serenity Wins is launching today. Bottom paint done, all rigging checked, 3188 kms travelled, Mexican import permit aquired, boat slip paid, water food and gas onboard. I'll let you now hope it went. Looks like a GREAT day to launch. 8 knot wins and sunny. Ship ahoy...

Thanks for reply. I am looking at the Humminbird Helix series 7 or 5 and am trying to decide about Si (side scan) and Di (down scan) models if I need that. Looking for model unit with Nav+ card so the maps won't cost so much. The models I am considering are ..... Helix 5 Si/GPS or Helix 5 Di/GPS or ...

I am trying too decide on upgrading my old Eagle Status GPS/Sonar to something newer. I am completely confussed. Too much information out there. I am hauling my 26x to San Carlos Mexico where I it will stay and sail. Can anyone give me some advice on which manufacturer options and maps I should look...

"Serenity Wins" is now offically registered, just got offical papers back from Ottawa. The Admiral got 3 coats of Carnuba wax on her after 3 containers of deoxidizing 3m rubbing compound. She looks like new. I added 12v pump for running water and built some really cool puck board gas compa...

Update on progress ... got boat back on trailer and doing the 3 support areas with epoxy. Did 5 coats interprotect and 2 coats csc. Had to order second gallon csc as 1 did not do it. I will put 3rd coat of csc on everything when support areas are done. Was a big job but worth it. Looks great. Thx fo...

I am also interested. I just bought my boat and there is some kind of roller bracket mounted on the bow spit????? It makes it very difficult the bolt mast when trailering. I would like to change it out for this BWY roller. Has anyone seen the type of roller I mentioned?
Thx

Hi I got the first coat of interProtect 2000e on. Washed and wiped down hull with 202 first and taped off waterline. The bottom is now grey. (Next coat white) It was a real piece of work to get up into centre board trunk! Hopefully with putting on 4 or 5 coats all will get covered. Just a note .... ...

Well epoxy and bottom paint finally arrived. Can't wait to get started. While I waited I scrapped and sanded the fiberglass entry and hatch slides. They were badly oxidized. Can anyone tell me if I can or should paint them with interprotect epoxy or just put wax on them? They cleaned up really nice ...

Thanks I will do just that.

Well I got the boat up on the blocks I built.... back, middle and front. I used the trailer method to lever the boat onto the blocking. It worked great. I had quite the time getting the center board bolt to release but finally it did. I noticed the line was starting to frey so it is good I am doing ...

Well I started the sanding process and found out the the dimples appear to be blemishes on the gelcoat. They sand down to smooth with no impact into the gelcoat. I am using a 150 grit paper on a 6" orbital. Working great. Now I have to build stands to support the boat.
Thx for all the good info.

I ordered a interlux product 202 solvent wash. Hope it will work.

Thanks a lot. I ordered the Interprotect 2000 and the Micron CSC. Start tomorrow or the next day with the sanding.
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Just wandering what you are using for your wind speed indicator. I want to add one but don't know which one. Please give me some advice.