Update, Saturday 28 Dec. 2013

It has been an eventful week! I haven't posted for a while, and have some catching up to do!
Wednesday 12 /18/ 2013:
Roy came over again, and we installed the radome bracket. We had a challenge; running the cable in the mast, without conduit. This could be a problem, as the cable would bang around in the mast, but Roy had a novel solution; use zip ties about every 8 inches and create a buffer from the clanging.

Thursday; Dec. 19th 2013: Another trip up the mast, and the radome is mounted!

Time for a celebration! Roy drove us to Loreto to do some shopping, and check out Augies Bar. We shared a delicious plate of Nachos con Carne, had some laughs, and made our way back to the boat. We were sitting on deck watching some divers set a new mooring, and we realized we were moving! Our anchor had fouled itself, and we had broken free. A moment of Oh shit!, then we smoothly set about starting the motor, recovering the anchor, and resetting. O.k........whew! If we were in the cabin, or away from the boat, we would have hit the seawall on the other side of the channel, 150' away.

That night, we had another windstorm. Boats were swinging all over the place, and sometimes, very close to us. We made it through the night, with the anchor alarm beeping way too frequently.

Friday, Dec 20, 2013;  At first light, we could see that we had moved, so, we reset again, and still dragged. We hauled anchor and went to the Ellipse; a nearly enclosed part of the port, and re anchored.

By now were pretty nervous about being anchored so close to so many boats. We kept checking our position through the day.

In the meantime I made the final connections, and powered up the radar. Success!

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013:

We were very happy for Roy's assistance with the radar! Of course, we still have the watermaker to deal with; and Roy jumped right in, and helped layout the installation.

Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013:

I began installing components of the watermaker, then we came up to the marina for a pizza, and Jack jumped off of the dinghy, before we tied up! He's going to kill himself one of these days. We're trying to train him to stay put, but it seems impossible.

The next few days were all work; Roy glassed in a shelf for the high pressure pump, I kept putting in components; the control panel, some plumbing connections, and electrical wiring. 

Christmas eve, we watched Karin's favorite; It's a wonderful life". We've had a few Clarence's help us along, and, it is a wonderful life!

Christmas day: still working on the installation, got the High Pressure pump bolted down, and Karin rewarded me with a restaurant quality chicken Cordon Bleu!

Dec. 26th 2013: Watermaker comissioning. After a few minor start up issues, we were making fresh water!

Friday Dec. 27, 2013; Day off!

Roy is getting rady to go explore Baja on his motorcycle, so he wanted to take a drive up into the mountains, to Mission San Javier. It was a fantastic drive, on a pretty nice road. We arrived at the mission, and were amazed at the construction from 1699. The mission was beautiful. It also boasted the first glass windows in California.

We stopped in at the Palapa for a beer, then made our way back to boat. 

We have one more thing to take care of before heading out, it's called a stuffing box; basically, ours is leaking.... just a little, but we need to fix it. Roy has been watching out for us, and offering us good advice. If all go's well, we intend to head further south tomorrow.