Merry Christmas everyone
Just loaded a new batch of pictures on to my web albums at: http://picasaweb.google.com/seahorsev/NovDec2009.
Has been a very quiet Christmas. Maureen and Fred were here for a couple of days and we went out for a sail. Or should I say a motor, because if we had sailed it would have taken us all day to get where we were heading for lunch, so we motored up wind. Had a great lunch courtesy of the restaurant Rancho Viello. I went in the night before and got a take out which supplied us with Beef arachero and all the trimmings. All I had to do was open the packages and heat. What a way to go, and it was a hit. I don't think anyone had had that before and it is sooooo good. After lunch we just motored and sailed back, downwind this time. Altho we did tack downwind and made better speed. By the time we got to the anchorage it was almost dark and blowing from the north at 20-25 knots, so we anchored right outside Marina de la Paz so the row in wouldn't be too bad.
Oh, did I forget to mention that our beautiful little electric Torqeedo motor gave up the ghost and just refused to go any more, and of course at a very bad time. Maureen and Ron and Monica and I were in the dinghy ready to go from the dock to the boat, and I put the key in, and ........nothing....., so of course Gary said, "Let me" as if I didn't know how to put in the key, but it wouldn't go for him either. So since Ron and I were sitting in the center locations we started paddling out of the harbour. It was hard work because I think that the skiff was at its maximum weight what with 4 or us and 130 pounds of batteries. Thankfully, half way across we were rescued by 3 cruising kids, who towed us to Apolima. Gary and Fred were in the hard dinghy, and just about beat us to the boat.
The guys tried to repair the motor while we were on our way, but nothing seemed to strike them as the problem and the next day Gary took it apart and thought it was the fuse, but that didn't work either, so it looks like the motor will have to be returned to Torqeedo. Drat!! Now we have to go thru all the hassle with customs and UPS etc etc etc. And it also looks like we may be rowing for the next while. (And after looking at the pictures I just downloaded, it probably won't hurt either of us!!) Altho, it really does get rather snarly out here for rowing, some days you seem to go faster sideways than forward. La Paz does have a good current at different times of the month. Seems to have something to do with the moon.
Had a great visit with Maureen and Fred and Ron and Monica, altho, much too short. But maybe they will come for longer next time. They are staying at their condo in Cabo San Lucas, and have a busy week planned, so we are grateful that they could even fit us in. Fred and some guys had been out fishing the day before in Cabo and caught a couple of Mahi Mahi and a bill fish and a couple of others so we didn't have to try and impress them with our lack of fishing skills. I just drag a line and hope something will jump on.
All for now, hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Next post I will recount my adventures as a boat sitter while the captain was galivanting around in the snow in Canada.
Has been a very quiet Christmas. Maureen and Fred were here for a couple of days and we went out for a sail. Or should I say a motor, because if we had sailed it would have taken us all day to get where we were heading for lunch, so we motored up wind. Had a great lunch courtesy of the restaurant Rancho Viello. I went in the night before and got a take out which supplied us with Beef arachero and all the trimmings. All I had to do was open the packages and heat. What a way to go, and it was a hit. I don't think anyone had had that before and it is sooooo good. After lunch we just motored and sailed back, downwind this time. Altho we did tack downwind and made better speed. By the time we got to the anchorage it was almost dark and blowing from the north at 20-25 knots, so we anchored right outside Marina de la Paz so the row in wouldn't be too bad.
Oh, did I forget to mention that our beautiful little electric Torqeedo motor gave up the ghost and just refused to go any more, and of course at a very bad time. Maureen and Ron and Monica and I were in the dinghy ready to go from the dock to the boat, and I put the key in, and ........nothing....., so of course Gary said, "Let me" as if I didn't know how to put in the key, but it wouldn't go for him either. So since Ron and I were sitting in the center locations we started paddling out of the harbour. It was hard work because I think that the skiff was at its maximum weight what with 4 or us and 130 pounds of batteries. Thankfully, half way across we were rescued by 3 cruising kids, who towed us to Apolima. Gary and Fred were in the hard dinghy, and just about beat us to the boat.
The guys tried to repair the motor while we were on our way, but nothing seemed to strike them as the problem and the next day Gary took it apart and thought it was the fuse, but that didn't work either, so it looks like the motor will have to be returned to Torqeedo. Drat!! Now we have to go thru all the hassle with customs and UPS etc etc etc. And it also looks like we may be rowing for the next while. (And after looking at the pictures I just downloaded, it probably won't hurt either of us!!) Altho, it really does get rather snarly out here for rowing, some days you seem to go faster sideways than forward. La Paz does have a good current at different times of the month. Seems to have something to do with the moon.
Had a great visit with Maureen and Fred and Ron and Monica, altho, much too short. But maybe they will come for longer next time. They are staying at their condo in Cabo San Lucas, and have a busy week planned, so we are grateful that they could even fit us in. Fred and some guys had been out fishing the day before in Cabo and caught a couple of Mahi Mahi and a bill fish and a couple of others so we didn't have to try and impress them with our lack of fishing skills. I just drag a line and hope something will jump on.
All for now, hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Next post I will recount my adventures as a boat sitter while the captain was galivanting around in the snow in Canada.
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