Still working on the bees-in-the-mast problem

Bees are harder to get out from the masthead than we had figured, besides removing them you also have to get rid of the honey laden hive inside the mast or new bees will move right into this empty home. Rick from Mazatlan Marine Services has dealt with this on many occasions and the plan is to get a steam cleaning outfit with a high pressure steam hose steam clean the inside of the mast after the bees are gone. This will probably take several days to put together and our plan to start moving south tomorrow is scrapped


About Arjan

I was born in Holland and moved to the US in my early 20's I settled down in San Francisco and started a plumbing company. After sailing the San Francisco Bay for years i took my Newport 33 "Tiger Beetle" down to Mexico in 2000, I really liked the cruising life but Tiger Beetle was not the right boat and I decided the build a catamaran. I launched RotKat in 2006 and sailed her down to Mexico with the Baha Haha in 2009.
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2 Responses to Still working on the bees-in-the-mast problem

  1. Good thing you are not back home in California. You would probably be facing opposition from “Save the Bees” and you’d have to put the eradication plans on hold.

  2. John Jacques says:

    Hello Arjan,
    I was fortunate to find your website and appreciate the building info. I built a foam sandwich 37′ tri and worked on two 50′ cats back in the 70′s. I am now building a 47′ custom tri, part of my bucket list, so it is interesting to see your build and how certain things have changed. Two questions, how did your diesel/electric drive work out and did you finish your boat in vinylester resin as opposed to the epoxy.
    Thanks John

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