Taking the seanic route
Up at 7 and a busy day scheduled. Breakfast, the Net, bible reading, the Panama Posse call, getting the laundry in, getting the Boom Vang reinstalled, getting the spinnaker halyard with the extension put back on the boat, coordinate with Beto about the engine stuff (the tachometer sensor and stop button) then a trip to town to get oil and finally back to the boat and dinner and bed. Another day is done, and we are a step closer to getting underway to head south.
Up at 7, breakfast, our bible reading and net. Then Reneé walked over to check us out and I worked on removing shore power.
We got underway and of course there was no wind. We headed south with a plan to get to Carrizal. Another boat left the marina moments after we did and passed us about half way down. We followed them to Carrizal, and watched them turn in. The bay at Carrizal is pretty small, and when they went in that made 4 boats in that little cove. So, we continued on and anchored in Santiago bay. A much larger open bay slightly north of Manzanillo. Of course the wind came up as we approached our anchorage.
We got in the water, Reneé floated in her chair and I snorkeled around the boat. Visibility is not very good here, but we at least had cooled off. Afterwards, dinner (BBQ) and a movie.
Up at a reasonable time, breakfast and then prep for underway. Reneé walked to the office and turned in our keys, while I got shore power off and did odds and ends to get the boat ready. While working through this, I figured out that the stop button wasn’t working well for the engine. It had started being an issue while we were working on the tachometer on Saturday. So, this will be something to see if I can get a new one here before we leave. I rigged up a wire that allowed me to stop the engine and then we motored across the bay to La Cruz.
We pulled into the marina and figured out that the microphone for the radio on deck is not working well, so I swapped it for the spare.
We discussed possibly staying here for a week or so, and taking a land based trip inland to Guadalajara we mentioned it on the dock and one of our neighbors said that they had done that so, they came over and we had chips and salsa and discussed it. By the end of the day, we had pretty much decided to just head south on Wednesday.
Up around 7 am. Breakfast, bible reading and the net. Reneé walked to Zaragoza to check on a part for a roller furling Jib that got broken. (It is plastic and not vital, but still…). I got a hold of a diesel electrician (Finally!) and he was scheduled for about noon. Of course Dave and Darcy came by at about 11 am and with Reneé headed down to Puerto Vallarta. After Beto was done working on the boat (diagnosing the speed sensor as the issue), I got organized and took an InDriver ride to meet them. We walked a bit, had some snacks, then went to Oscar’s for Tequila tasting. Afterwards, we went to the Blue Shrimp for dinner then back to our boat for Reneê and I, and Paradise Village for Dave and Darcy.
We used the InDriver App. I have talked to a couple of different drivers about this, apparently not only is Uber slow to pay, but it takes about 50% of the fee for the ride. InDriver only takes about 10%, and you pay in cash, the driver has to pay InDriver. Which explains why it is so hard to find an Uber driver.
Up late (around 7:30 or so). The net, breakfast and then get organized and off the boat. Dave and Darcy moving to Paradise Village and Reneé and I went to get our stuff off our friends boat. By earlier afternoon, we were back with our stuff and did some cleaning. The laundry will wait, but at least most of the stuff got put away.
No pictures and a very quiet day