Our 3 weeks stay at Club Nautico extended to 6 months due to the high quality and affordable work we found at this wonderful port city. In general, labor is far cheaper and more professional that in any of the other Caribbean locations. These are no YouTube professionals like in the islands. In addition, there are 5 chandleries within 10 minute walk from Club Nautico.
Work we did:
• Carpentry:
o Redid our galley with sliding doors and new the floors.
o Replaced stern bulkhead
o Redid both heads with new showers walls, shower faucets and new floors
o Converted bunkroom to bottom storage and queen bed on top.
o Removed old floor varnish and revarnished.
o Revarnished main stateroom
o Replaced rotten floor and wallboards
o Rebuild generator room with new floorboards and battery banks
o And lots of small carpentry work
• Steel
o Reinforced hard dodger
o Replaced top lifeline with stainless steel tubing
o Expanded solar array to 3 panels
• Canvas
o Redid canvas on the hard dodger
o New canvas for the hatches
o New canvas for the dinghy
The work was very good and super affordable. Could not be happier.
While the floors were being revarnished, we went and spend time in the Amazon. Amazing.
And we did this while side docked at Club Nautico.
Whether you are in Cartagena on a passage or to have work done, this is a wonderful city to visit.