R&R in San Carlos: January 2025 Update During a break in Orquesta Sinfonica Vallarta rehearsals in Puerto Vallarta at the end of 2024, I drove up to San Carlos, and spent 2 weeks, with significant local assistance, moving several repair or upgrade projects forward: 1. 1. getting the rudder back on the boat with new gudgeons, 2. 2. installing a 2 nd house battery and switch bank whose main purposes are providing power to the new Pelagic autopilot when underway, or recharging the Torqueedo electric outboard batteries when in port or anchored out somewhere, and 3. 3. installing a new dodger with a roof consisting of solar panels charging the new 2 nd house bank. The rudder project began back in October, with local mechanic Francisco Navarette helping me get the rudder removed from the boat. His air-powered tools and expertise were invaluable in this part of the project, re...