Make Me Laugh Again

(posted 03/26/24)
I went over to SV Exlir2 to assist Phillip with figuring out stuff on his boat. They are new boaters, they bought the boat about a year ago in La Paz. Their boat was at the Cortez marina when the hurricane hit. They had significant damage. Three estimates, 1 just walk away, the other two said it could be fixed. No insurance. I was there about 3 hours. Reneé and Karen went shopping. Afterwards, we worked on getting ready to take the bus north. Mid afternoon Karen and Phillip (Elixer2) invited us to dinner at Tercos.
We got on our bus on time (7 pm) and headed north.
We didn’t sleep well. We had to disembark 3 times to show our passports to the Mexican Military. The bus broke down at around 5am and we had to switch buses. All in all a difficult trip.

(posted 03/26/24)

We were able to get the water tank filled. We took a walk to stretch our legs. While in town we met Phillip and Karen. They had just filled their propane tank. They asked for a restaurant recommendation. We suggested Tercos or the China restaurant next to the highway. We started to wash the boat but the security guard told us there wasn’t enough water so we had to stop.

Phillip borrowed our Diesel cans to fill up his two tanks. After dinner (Chinese leftovers) we went up to the Padre Santo Brewery for some good beer and a game of Mexican Train. Players – Nick and Andrea (SV Fantasea), Phillip and Karen (SV Elixer2), and us.

(posted 03/26/24)
After breakfast and a North Coast sermon Neil got the water maker going. Unfortunately the water pressure stopped just after 2:30. We will try again tomorrow.

Reneé did her favorite job, polishing the stainless steel rails.

We walked to the Chinese restaurant for dinner. We took half our meal home as leftovers.

(posted 03/26/24)
Up at 6 am, to the coffee pot. Underway by 6:45. We did our bible ready while underway. We passed SV Makara as we headed for Santa Rosalia. They were headed for Chivato.
There was very little wind, until we were almost at SR, then we had 20 – 25 knots. We attempted to get into a slip, but failed, so we tied up to the fuel dock. Then got our laundry in and went to the bank and icecream store. back to the boat. We also got our reservations for our bus ride on Tuesday to get to Tijuana!
We checked the weather, and decided to move at 6 pm, after dinner.
It was easy, then off to the tap room for game night. We met Steve from SV SPARTAN PILGRIM finally showers and bed.

We got up early and picked up anchor at 6:45 am. We passed SV Makara as we headed for Santa Rosalia. They were headed for Chivato. We arrived at Santa Rosalia just before noon and tried to dock but the 20+ kt wind made it difficult. After two tries we tied up at the fuel dock. We brought 6 loads of laundry to the laundromat, went to the bank and ice cream store. At six we moved the boat to a slip – winds closer to 6-7 kts.

Game night at Padre Santo Brewery (here in the Marina).

(posted 03/26/24)
It was a very rough night, the wind came up about midnight, and was more than the prediction. So, I did not get much sleep. We were going to move to Punta Chivato today, but it will have a bunch of wind overnight as well. So, we are thinking about going to Santispac for the night then back to Santa Rosalia for a week at the dock.
I took a nap after writing this, and when I woke up, we checked the weather again, and decided to go to Punta Chivato. There was some wind, but it wasn’t horrible before midnight, then no wind, no waves, it was very quiet. We got some good sleep!

We left playa El Burro heading for Chivato. We motored the whole way. Once we were 3 mi off shore Neil spent a bit of time emptying, refilling, emptying, the holding tank. We are dealing with a bad smell. Neil discovered the problem- plugged vent. Part ordered – will get fixed when we return from Carlsbad. Chivato was windy initially but quieted for the night. We anchored in 13’ of water just south of Punta Santa Inez.