Category: 2022-11 (November)

(posted 12/23/22)

Up at 7 am, breakfast, the net and bible reading. We will be going to Marina Vallarta at around noon.

We dumped the holding tank on the way over, and got into our slip by 1 pm. We both had things to do as soon as we tied up. I worked on shore power and Reneé finished getting the lines on and then got the paperwork to go to the office and check in. One downside to this marina it really is 3/4 of a mile from our slip to the office. While she was gone I got the water maker going and started filling the water tank. Reneé took some laundry hoping to drop it off and pick it up tomorrow, but the laundry place would not take it, and said come back in the morning. Well the laundry is next to the office and it just isn’t worth it, so we ran a load of sheets on the boat. Then she walked to the store. I got a few things done on the boat, like cleaning the engine room, and glueing some sound proofing material up inside the engine room, and straightening some lines on deck.

The water tank was full by about 7 pm, the sheets (which I hung up outside as soon as they were done in the washer, were not dry yet, so they got hung up below decks with the AC on. Currently 83 degrees, and 55% humidity inside, and 80 degrees and 68% humidity outside. The AC is running and it should get these sheets dry by morning.

(posted 12/23/22)

Up at 6:30 Reneé made some banana bread that we had with our cereal. Then the net, Dan and Melissa are due here at 9 am. Then Mark and family at 1 pm at the dock. After the net, Dan and Mellisa arrived at about 9, and we chatted for a couple of hours, we probably talked too much, but that is what we do. They had a lightening strike in Chiapas, affecting much of their electronics. They plan to get that fixed here and will sail up into the Sea of Cortez. They are home-ported out of Tallahassee, Florida.

We had lunch then went to dock 2 to pick up Mark and family (Maria, Taylor (AKA Blake) Paulette + Carissa). We had a pleasant sail with not very much wind, about 4 the wind basically went away and we put the sails away and motored back to the marina, we left the boat at the dock and went to dinner at La Peska (the fancy restaurant in the marina). Finally back out to the anchorage showers and bed.

(posted 12/23/22)

Up at 7 am, breakfast and off to church, we will have Dan and Melissa from SV Dancing on the Edge will be here for a short visit at 4 pm. We went lunch with Hazel and Randy at Brenda’s place again. Then back to the boat and walked through the market at the marina. We returned Robert’s coffee cup that he had left on MV Tits Pierre when we made the trip to Yelapa.

Melissa had a headache so we rescheduled for tomorrow, and after dinner we went to SV Hona Kai (Robert and Konane) to swim, then back and put our dinghy away.

(posted 12/23/22)

Up at 7 am, breakfast, bible reading and off to deal with laundry and swap the outboard. I will listen to the net via the handheld on the dinghy.

I ran Reneé into the dinghy dock and dropped her off then over to get Robert finally over to Dave and Michele’s boat. We swapped the outboards and took their boat out to see if it could get up on a plane (nope, disappointment). I am very happy with the swap, they will have 4 people most of the time, and the biggest motor their dinghy can have is a 20 hp (which then now have) and the lightest 20 hp from 2019 was this one at 97 lbs. They are going to try increasing the inflation in the dinghy to see if that helps, and perhaps a 4 blade prop for more torque. When we went back to get the clothes, I dropped Reneé off and ran around the marina for a few minutes and ran into Dan and Melissa on SV Dancing on the Edge, an Island Packet 485 (we are friends on Facebook), when I said that we had a 445, he knew my first name. As I have told several people: “I have friends everywhere, some I have even met!” I got Reneé and went back to their boat and we chatted and toured their boat. They are here replacing all electronics, they had a lightening strike at Chiapas, so everything has to be replaced.

After we got back to our boat, Curt and Jill from SV Namahana stopped by for a quick tour and a beer, they were gone by about 6 and we started the generator and working on dinner.

No pictures today

 

(posted 12/23/22)

Up at 7 am, breakfast, the net and bible reading. We have nothing off the boat planned for today. So, cleaning and working on the blog and organizing, but first a nap.

So, by the end of the day, we have worked out the details for the outboard swap. No cash, just the stuff associated with the motors.
We have a pelican that has decided he likes our bow to hang out on, only problem is he poops (a LOT!) there. We have had to clean it off a couple of times now.

I have not made much progress with the blog, as I am very frustrated with our mouse, it is at the end of it’s life, and it is very difficult to process the pictures to get them ready to put into the blog without a mouse. Yes, there is a trackpad on the MacBook Pro, but it is not the same as using a good solid two button mouse. As of today (yesterday really) I have probably have two hundred pictures to sort through and process to get it down to a few per day so that I can upload them in a reasonable time frame. I have not posted since November 2nd. A bit more than a week behind, so far. Well, as of 8:20, I have updated the blog except for yesterday. I have 91 pictures for yesterday that need to be sorted and identified as to what will be posted for yesterday. That is a task for tomorrow.