Leaving Fortuitous and Cartagena

We were right down to the wire on Saturday morning. We were scheduled to fly out to Bogota at 5pm, and the boat wasn't moved to it's (hopefully) final spot away from the work area. There were still tarps to first take down, and then put up, water tanks to drain, dinghy to put on board, etc. What a rush!!!

They were supposed to be moving us around 1 pm, so the gang put in a few hours of work finishing up bits and pieces. You can see our new propane locker aft, in this photo. That's our mizzen in the foreground.

Willi with tape in hand!

We didn't even have time to take real photos of all the finished and almost finished projects. We're very pleased with the results of all this work...but it really was a lot of work!

Here, we've finally been moved! But, by the time all was said and done, we had to leave the crew to haul the dinghy aboard, cover it, and re-hang all the tarps. We were just out of time. We don't like to leave things that way, but have confidence in the crew!

This is the view from the steps to our room. She looks great!

Flavit and Willi wave good-bye to us as we get into our taxi! There are still odds and ends to finish outside, but we trust Flavit and his crew and are confident all will be OK. There is at least 2 weeks of work for Tuty inside. We have left it all in his capable hands. It will be interesting to see what's what when we return.

In retrospect, we'd probably do this job again, but not with time constraints...just keep working on it until it's done. It was hard to leave Fortuitous in an unfinished state...but what can you do? Everything always takes longer than you think. Seeya in January, Fortuitous!