Our last few days in La Paz were mainly spent cleaning up the boat, and walking Jack as much as possible before the crossing.
We met with Tom from Cruise R/O, and he gave us a few important tips on our installation of the watermaker. First off, he was impressed (yeah!), but offered to help in any way. We were trying to hook up the sea water intake, to the engine sea strainer, but thankfully couldn't find the fittings we needed, because we could have caused a vapor lock in our engine! We simply connected it to the thru hull on the heads sink drain. Done! It works perfectly; 20 gallons an hour.
We met with Tom from Cruise R/O, and he gave us a few important tips on our installation of the watermaker. First off, he was impressed (yeah!), but offered to help in any way. We were trying to hook up the sea water intake, to the engine sea strainer, but thankfully couldn't find the fittings we needed, because we could have caused a vapor lock in our engine! We simply connected it to the thru hull on the heads sink drain. Done! It works perfectly; 20 gallons an hour.
We've been having a great time finding street tacos. This one had shrimp tacos with all the fixings for about $1.25 ea. They were delicious!
Speaking of shrimp; we also visited Mercado Bravo. An excellent market with everything! I couldn't resist the Baja Shrimp, so we brought some home for grilling.
On Friday, we heard from our friend Dave, on Rogue, who was anchored off the marina downtown. Had a good visit, and got lots of information about Panama, including him loaning us the Central American cruisers guide. Priceless!
On Saturday, we checked out of Marina Costa Baja, got some fuel, and began the crossing to Mazatlan, but first we stopped in Caleta Lobos to run the watermaker. We left at 3 pm, and headed out with four other boats that were making the crossing.
I'll do another post to cover that, and add some more pictures. We'll be staying here for a swap meet on Saturday, then maybe leave on Sunday
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