Finally! We've been waiting for weather, making last minute runs to the store etc. Tom and Pam came down to see us off, as well as our friends Lew and Craig. We did a few sails in Toms boat, and an overnight at Sandy Beach.
Tom was very helpful with boat projects; he had to go up the mast! So, he went and worked on our steaming light, which has been working only once in a while...... it's still the same.
One thing we had put off for too long, was an emergency tiller. We found a welding shop; bought a piece of 2" steel pipe, had it cut and bent, all for 15 bucks! If we ordered one like it in San Diego, it would have been hundreds of dollars. I found a can of rustoleum, painted it, and boom! Emergency tiller!
Our time at the marina in Rocky Point was great. The powerboat next to us had a crew of guys working on it, they were really nice. They even made lunch for us... twice! Francisco and Herman helped turn our boat around, and, checked our dock lines for us when we weren't around! Great people!
We had a few beers with them and google earth'd Fransico's home town in Tampico. Good times, but we're ready to go. Tom and Pam sailed out with us, to see us off.
We're on our way to Punta Willard on the Baja side.!!! We started our watch schedule of 3 hours each; Karin got to see the sunset, and I saw the sunrise.
It will take a few days to get back to our routines at sea, but, we are so happy to be under way!
Hi, guys! I tried to send you a boatload of pictures, but the email client thought the file was too big, so i'm not sure if the option I used worked.
ReplyDeleteI can send them in smaller batches, if necessary. Let me know.