Launch Day

Launch day has finally happened, 2nd June 2025 - cagarro was taken to the Porto by Cesar Silva, He masterfully managed to position his truck so that the ramp was inside the workshop, and pulled Cagarro safely onto his truck, and after a restful drive to Horta unloaded his cargo at the port.

With the help of Greg and Tanya and Rueben from Clube Naval da Horta, Cagarro was lifted and placed onto pallets so that the keel and bulbs could be fitted. and then Cagarro was lifted into the sea. 

Many thanks to Greg Fortin for all his help, Ruben for being patient and helpful through the whole process and to Cesar Silva for safely transporting Cagarro, Disiderio Machado for the support and supports - and of course Tanya for her organizational skills, having power handy when it was needed, organizing tools and us and for all her support, ideas, solutions and insights throughout the build

 Todays picture

 It has been a grey colour day, priming , antifouling and some rigging splicing

The hull was primed and antifouled, the keel had previously had a spray zinc coating and now it has 2 coats of  Cin C-Poxy mastic, a special epoxy coating for corrosion protection of steel bridges and other steel structures that may be immersed. C-Poxy can be used as a final topcoat, intermediate or as a primer, but I also added an antifouling primer tiecoat and antifouling to the keel.

The companionway hatch previously had its locking system installed, (I forgot to show it) and also in the picture you can see the 316 inox bimini fitting that does double duty, holding the dodger to the cockpit seats as well as the pivot for the sprayhood frame.

I had previously made some inox chafe plates for the bow cleat that has not been shown before, either.

And standing rigging has been spliced from Lanex Dyneema,