Rookie Mistake by offshore sailors. #bluewatersailing #offshoresailing

After one month in Cartagena, we sailed continue our eastbound passage. Cartagena is a beautiful town, but the water is perfect for barnacles to grow on boat. We usually sail a lots and grown has never been an issue, but one month sitting in the marina, we had 1 cm of growth . We “forgot” to clean it before settling off from Cartagena and that was a big rookie mistake. Our boat speed was 1-1.5 kt less that usual, so that makes day run 25-35 shorter! Luckily, we have Silic One anti foul paint , and cleaning the bottom was easy, but took time as I had to skindive / snorkel. Took about 6 hours, didn’t complete the whole keel . #sailing #caribbean #silicone #rookiemistakes