Category: 2022-06 (June)

Up at 7:30 breakfast, the net and bible reading.

This is the last day to get stuff done for this season.

Most every thing got done. The life raft and the Mainsail came back. The life raft is missing a part, so I called Mike about that and we will see what happens.l

Cano came by to go over stuff.

We are going over to Curt and Jill’s boat S/V Namahana for dinner with them and Robert and Konane from S/V Honu Kai. 

I also flushed out the bilge again. 

Tomorrow we fly to Missouri. So, this will be the last post for the season. Next update will be in October.

Up at 7ish and breakfast, off to the bus to get to church. After church we went to brunch/lunch with the usual crowd. Then walked up and caught the bus to get back to the boat.

We got naps, and went to the pool. Dinner is left overs of the meat we BBQ’d Friday night. We have to get through as much of the left overs as we can, since what ever we don’t eat we will probably have to toss.

Then packed for our trip and also packed a bunch of stuff in vacuum seal bags. This keeps it from being affected by any humidity on the boat.

Then off to the showers and bed.

No new pictures this time.

Up at 7:30 breakfast, the net and bible reading.

It was raining, so we waited until later in the day to start the water maker, and for Reneé to do the laundry. We used 3040 gallons of water this season on the boat.

After running the water maker, I changed the filters then pickled it. This involves running a chemical solution through the system it takes about an hour to get this all done, if there are no problems. Of course there were issues and it took about 2 hours. By the time all of this was done it was dinner time, then showers and bed.

No new pictures this time.

Up at 7:50, yes we slept in. Breakfast and Bible reading, missed the net. Then off to Aqua-aerobics, at the end we got a call, and our dinghy was delivered by 1 pm. 

There were 6 of us in Aqua-aerobics, and then we chatted for a half hour or so. 

We had lunch then unpacked the dinghy, and got it up on the davits. That was a bunch of work. It did not help that it was over 90 degrees, and very humid. After getting it up on the davits, we went back on the boat. I put my clothes on the lines to dry, and 3 hours later, they are still wet.

Tonight we are having BBQ beef, this is what we got at church on Sunday for Fathers day. 

Up at 7, breakfast bible reading and the net. Then Reneé headed off to Refuge of Hope. She worked with a 10 year old boy who has had basically no schooling, can’t read can’t do any math etc. She plans to work with him some more when we come back in the fall.

I cleaned strainers, and started cleaning the speed probe, for now it is soaking in vinegar. Then I attempted to put the hose on the water maker that I had bought. (Hoses 2, Neil 0) the one we got off of Amazon Mexico was too small, this one we got at Home Depot was too big. Oh well!

Then I worked on the camera, success! I am cable to get it to work over the local area network, and over the internet! So, I will be able to check the bilge from the states.

When Reneé got back I wrapped up what I was working on and took the bus back to Home Depot to get the right hose. When I got back from there I put it on! (Hoses 2, Neil WON!)

Getting ready for the BBQ, I made Mango Margaritas (Thank you Dave Traut easy recipe, 1 shot Grand Marnier, 2 shots of Margarita mix and 3 shots of Tequila then add a bunch of frozen Mango chunks and blend).

I made three of them and split it between our two water bottles.

BBQ and Pot Luck at the Palapa near A dock at 6 pm with the other cruisers.

At the BBQ, we met Brian and the rest of his crew from S/V Delos. He arrived today, completing his circumnavigation. They left La Cruz (across the bay from us) in 2010.  They are sailing celebrities with a YouTube channel with 795,000 subscribers, and are listed in Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_SV_Delos

https://www.youtube.com/c/svdelos