We got up early (6:30) had breakfast, did our devotions, and left Santa Rosalia after filling the holding tank with water. Went out 3 miles and dumped the holding tank then continued on to Punta Chivato.
A fairly uneventful trip, we saw quite a few dolphin, (we even got an escort for a bit) and had very calm seas. The highest wind I saw was about 4 knots true. When we got to Punta Chivato we anchored in about 15 feet of water. It was early afternoon and we elected to do a whole bunch of nothing. It is a bit cool/overcast so we just napped and read our books.
I did figure out that we have not run our water maker since February 29, we still show 30% in the water tank, but I am expecting it to be empty soon. We are planning on crossing to San Carlos on Wednesday, and we will run the water maker all the way across. It is supposed to be about 70 miles, which should be about 12 hours to cross.
We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
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We got up a bit early, probably between 6 and 6:30. No particular reason really, just we were up. We had Colin and Claudia over to watch a sermon from North Coast church, and shared breakfast. Afterwards, we went to work on their boat. Clint and Reina came in as well. Clint was the guy who knew how to check freon in the refrigeration system for the refrigerator and freezer that are not working, and had the gauges to check the pressures.
So, the situation there is a Frigoboat system with a sea water pump, two compressors (one for the refrigerator and the other for the freezer). The sea water pump was not running or was running occasionally, we jumped power directly to the sea water pump and were able to get everything to run, and started cooling down both units. We poked around and started checking the circuits, and found that the controller for the pump is supposed to get a signal if either compressor is running. Well the box that does that was working, and we tried the sea water pump again, flow looks low but it does pass water, and we were able to get it to run with the freezer compressor, but could not get it to run for the fridge. We tried replacing the controller for the fridge (which should have fixed the problem, we swapped the controller between the two compressors and no matter what we did, or how we had it hooked up to the sea water pump controller, only the freezer compressor will run the sea water pump. In any case, Colin has a much better understanding of what he is working with and currently the freezer and the fridge are both cooling down.
Next up was work at the top of the mast for Colin, this is an area that I have no desire to do. I have a serious fear of heights. We spent the next couple of hours with him going up in a bosuns chair and trying to thread a weighted messenger line down the mast to install a spare halyard (a line from the base of the mast to the top used to pull things up, like sails, specifically in this case a spinnaker). At the end of the day, Colin has a better understanding of what is at the top of his mast, and has the confidence to go up there, and Claudia now knows what she has to do to handle the lines on deck to get him up and down.
This evening we are getting together for dinner, Yellowtail! Someone had too much and Colin was able to help them out by taking it off their hands.
We had dinner next door, with the six of us, and two really big slabs of tuna, Mexican rice and coleslaw. Fantastic dinner and company. Clint and Reina are leaving at 3:30 in the morning headed north, and we are leaving a bit later, headed south to the shells, and Colin and Claudia are staying here, they have to finish putting their boat back together from our work on the fridge.
After dinner we came back to our boat and will get showers and then turn in to get some sleep before tomorrow and leaving.
We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
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Colin getting ready to go up the mast, Clint is providing guidance, and Claudia is standing by to help.Colin at the top of the mastReina, Clint, Colin and Claudia
We got up at 7:00, had breakfast and did our devotions. While Renee’ did some cooking, I washed the sheets, at this point virtually everything is clean and the fridge is stocked. The only thing we might be a a bit low on is beer, we only have about 2 weeks worth on the boat. The Accuguess tank level indicator says we have 50% in the fresh water tank and 100% in the holding tank. I have no trust in the indicator for the holding tank. Monday morning early, we are heading out, I will fill the tank from the dock before we leave and see how long it takes to fill the tank. Then when we get out we will pump the tank out.
After lunch we took a walk downtown to look for a few specific things like snacks (pub mix) we have heard that there is a store here that has Kirkland brand stuff (Costco stuff). We found that they did in fact have the giant container of pub mix and it was 233.50 pesos, which is about $11.61. While this is a bit more than it would have been at Costco, it was still worth getting here.
We eventually got back to the boat, and took naps, and read our books Then got showers in the afternoon and went to dinner with Colin and Claudia from Capella III. Finally back to the boat and FaceTimed with Kyle and family. Then wrapped up the day and headed to bed.
We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
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We woke up a bit earlier than normal, around 6:30. We got up and had breakfast, did our devotions, and planned our day. Even though we were up, it still took us until 9 before we were walking away from the boat. We went to the office to arrange staying until Monday, and then went into town.
First stop was the mining museum, then a stop in the park for me to call and talk to my uncle, for about an hour, great conversation. Then Renee’ went to the store and I got there eventually. After we had all the groceries we got a taxi back to the marina (50 pesos). We talked to the crew on Capella, and toured their boat an Island Packet 420. While we were there we saw Karma come in and then we saw Jordan on Kirah come in, and finally one more boat. Mike is the guy on the last boat.
We have plans today for the crew’s of Karma and Capella to come over for apps this afternoon. Then Chinese diner in town for at least some of us.
After lunch we got the laundry done and Renee’ straightened up the boat. It is always pretty good, but she still cleans and it is nice.
We had guests that arrived at about 4:30 or so, we chatted and heard about the Sail Alaska trip from Colin & Claudia on S/V Capella III, they had 10 weeks of cruising there and adventures from Reinna & Clint on S/V Karma, we had appetizers and drinks then when it seemed everyone was ready to head back to their respective boats, Colin and Claudia were going out to eat (their refrigeration system is not working) we all decided to go and get Chinese food, except both Chinese restaurants in the city were closed, so we went and got Pizza, we finally got back to the boat at about 9:30. This was a great day!
We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
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We want one of these wheels for our house in FloridaRenee’ and Neil“Antiques” at the museum“Antiques” at the museum“Antiques” at the museum Renee’ outside the museumNote the extension cord.That is an arc welder plugged into a standard household outlet that is not in a box but is attached to the ROMEX (two conductor wire) that is stretched across the road and the two wires are then pushed into the holes on the orange extension cord. So, the cord is laying on the street, where the cars are running over it and just to keep the power from going to “ground” the broom stick is being used to keep the bare wires off the ground.
We woke up about 7 am, Renee’ got up and started the coffee, I slept in until about 7:30. Finally drug myself out of bed. It had been kind of cool the night before, so we ran the heater in the salon, which warms the whole boat. It was a nice way to get up, with the boat warm and cozy. I caught up on Facebook while Renee’ made breakfast Quiche with no cheese on my side. It took longer than expected, so we did not have breakfast until about 9:15.
After breakfast, I got started on the projects for the day, changing the oil in the water maker high pressure pump, cleaning all the strainers, and fixing the shower soap dish. (I hit it with my elbow the other day and broke it). Renee’ helped with the soap dish, and everything was done by about 12:30 or so and we headed into town for lunch and a walk.
This town has some interesting history, it was a mining town with Germans, and French being involved in getting the copper out of the mines and processed. We got some pictures of the downtown where they have some “mines” shown on the wall beside a road, and a center with a train. We also went to the church which is a metal church that is supposed to have been designed by Eiffel the same engineer who designed the tower. We stopped and had ice cream for desert, and then got back to the boat and took naps and read.
Renee’ was working on dinner when another sailboat was coming in right next to us, and I went out to help. It is an Island Packet 420, “Capella III”. We met the crew and then they headed into town for dinner. We had salads for dinner, as our lunch and desert were really big.
Oh, and we got an email today, the friends that were planning on being with us for a week have cancelled, he is dealing with medical issues and pain. So, perhaps later in the year or next year they can come down. We do have room, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
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Us in Santa Rosalia“Mines” on the side of the roadRenee’ in front of the Eiffel churchInside the Eiffel churchInside the Eiffel churchThe wall inside the restaurant (mini museum) and GREAT food and service!)The wall inside the restaurant (mini museum) and GREAT food and service!)
