More painting

It's been raining a lot in Bocas recently but it hasn't been too bad. Our friends Richard and Pam on Tisha Baby left Bocas and just arrived in Colon, they're getting ready to transit the Panama Canal and will be in the Pacific soon. Mike and Barbara on Astarte will be heading to Colon soon too, for the same reason. Seems like a lot of our friends are headed that way. Not us though, still hanging in Bocas.

The headliner (ceiling) in Bruadair is wood and was painted white when she was built but after 26 years it's fair to say that it's in need of repainting. David's been working hard doing all the painting but it's not going as easily as he would have hoped. We both thought one coat would work but it appears that it's needing three. David has a lot done and now we're thinking that we should have gone with a semi-gloss or glossy paint to facilitate easier cleaning, looks like David might be starting over.

We have no plans what we're going to do next year. Going through the canal with our friends is tempting but we're not ready, or rather Bruadair isn't ready. We need to re-rig the boat, buy a life raft and get a light air sail. And then there's the fact that we really like this side of Panama and Colombia. So right now it's hard to say what we'll do next year. We'll figure it out then and in the mean time we'll enjoy Bocas.