Six weeks in Puerto Rico preparing a catamaran to sail across the world

Sneaking away from our yacht projects to enjoy a morning dip

From November to mid December this year I joined friends of mine in Puerto Rico to work on a 53ft Royal Cape catamaran that had been sitting in the boat yard for a year and a half. Resting during hurricane season and without crew due to covid-19, she was happy to soon be entering the water again Hylton and Amy would begin their journey to start a whale diving retreat in Tonga, and they would be sailing from Puerto Rico on her. They were asking for some help to get the cat ready.

Amy, Hylton and I worked at the yard in Puerto Del Ray Marina for 6 weeks straight. Sealing window panels, replacing motor room hatches, new radar, redesigning rutters n captain chairs, installing new headsail, redoing rigging, polishing more stainless steal than the eye can see, completely redesigning the rear sugar scoops, servicing sail drives, crossing off an endless list of maintenance to be completed on Karizma. When finished in the yard, this catamaran would become our home for a journey sailing the Caribbean Sea thru the Panama Canal and crossing the Pacific Ocean to her destination in southern pacific the islands of Tonga.

At the time, photographs of Karizma seamed much of a distraction between our endless list of projects, so sadly I did not shoot photographs of her on the hard, but luckily we did manage to get out on a few missions including a couple dives and a barefoot waterfall hike in the El Yunque rainforest where I was able to shoot some photos.