Make Me Laugh Again

(posted 04/17/24)

Washed the boat today, first time since Puerto Peñasco.

Yeah, we did not do much besides this….

Reneé is reviewing the map to see if there is anything we have missed in town

(posted 04/17/24)
We slept in until about 0730. I was up first, and started the coffee. Then closed the canvas curtain over the hatch. It’s been relatively warm (mid 60’s overnight) but it was mid 50’s last night. Then I turned on the heater. Another of the advantages of being in a marina, shore power.
After watching the sermon from North Coast church, we asked again, and got the water pump turned on and ran the water maker to top off the tank. We have a pretty big tank, 260 gallons, and we are fairly conservative about using water, we use about 13.7 gallons per day. For calculations, I assume 15 gallons per day, so we can go about 15 days between filling the tank.
After filling the tank, we took naps, then had Pat and Jim from MV Despedida over for dinner.

No pictures for today.

(posted 04/17/24)
Up at 6, morning routines. Reneé tried to go to the office to check us in, as she forgot to do it yesterday. Cleaned up the boat and got rid of the stuff from the new electronics, lots of boxes and packing material and excess wire etc. We still have a few things to get back to the states to sell. We have a refrigeration tech coming to the boat today, so we cleaned out and made preparations for him to have access to what he needs to be able to get at. One advantage of being in a marina, they have dumpsters.
We went to the store, and discovered a festival in progress, live music, food and beverages.
When we got back to the boat, they had a delivery of water. We asked and they turned on the pump, so I could run the water maker for a couple of hours.
Then showers and bed.

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6, morning routines, then up anchor and underway by 0645. It was not a good night for sleep for Reneé, a pelican (very large) decided our swim step was a great perch for him. Reneé was up several times to chase him off, at least once he got up on deck and spread his wings (at least a 5 foot wingspan). She blocked his access from the swim step and finally got some sleep. In the morning we found the stuff he left behind. I washed it off with our anchor wash down hose, (saltwater).
We motored up and figured out that some of the values on the instruments “blink” it turns out that our speed sensor is the culprit, and since we updated everything else it is not “really” compatible, even though it sort of works. The new sensor is about $400. Easy to install, but more money. Wind speed was up in the high teens and we were not looking forward to trying to get into a slip. As we were approaching the marina, we checked the weather and while it was supposed to be pretty windy, there was a predicted drop in wind from about 1 to 3 pm. We arrived at 1, the wind was down to about 8 knots (from about 22), and we backed all the way down and into slip 1, probably the hardest slip to back into in the marina. Once we were in the marina, we got shore power on and found out NO water available, so we ordered some drinking water, and gave up on the idea of washing the boat (perhaps a sponge bath?). Dinner was Chinese at the top of the hill, after a stop at tap room for a game of Qwirkle. We chatted with Ralph from SV Amnesty. Laundry was easy, a lady came to the marine and picked it up and then dropped it off. Price was lower than the laundry at the top of town, and cheaper than using the machines here in the marina. (Pretty much a no brainer as to how to get laundry done).

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6, morning routines, then up anchor and underway by about 0915. This was our first day with the new electronics, sort of a shake down to see how they work and what (if any) problems we might find.
Good news, in general everything works well! We are still learning how to get the display to look like we want it too. The 9” chartplotter above the gangway is 
VERY nice! See the pictures below. The passage was pretty uneventful and we arrived early enough to float. While floating a couple from a large power boat (MV Mola Mola, which is a kind of Sun Fish) Mitch and Pam (we think, as we were floating at the time). Then dinner, showers and bed.