2012 - Page 26 of 27

I Need A Cape

January 15, 2012Leave a Comment

Well we’re back. Beaten up, but not beaten. We motored north around the Cape today without any problems at all. Light headwinds all day. We pulled back in to Paradise Village in the afternoon with a boat project list a mile long. Some things more important than others, but man … Read More

Thankful

January 14, 2012Leave a Comment

We got underway early this morning with five knots of wind, and for most of the day that’s all we had, motorsailing in calm seas with an annoying swell bobbing our nose up and down. And that’s about all there is to say about our fifty mile trip today. And … Read More

Lowe Five Months, Ouest Twenty-Five Months

January 13, 2012Leave a Comment

Ouest and Lowe, I can no longer keep up. You two have buried me and we’re only just getting started. Lowe, you are growing uncontollably. You’re a big boy, strong as an ox and bored as can be. I promise to buy you some standing and walking toys as soon … Read More

Now What

January 13, 2012Leave a Comment

So what would the problem of the day be on this fine Mexican Friday? We woke up with no problems, everyone was in a good mood and ready for some breakfast. Seeing as how the fridge didn’t get very cold the night before because of the engine overheating issue we … Read More

Vacation

January 12, 2012Leave a Comment

This morning I went in to town to try and track down a belt for the refrigerator. A typical automotive style belt. I walked up through town which is just a shabby little place laid out all along one road about three blocks inland from the ocean, back behind the … Read More

Just One

January 11, 20121 Comment

The plan was to get an early start this morning, so what did Ouest do, slept until eight-thirty. Oh well. We finally upped anchor and left Tenacatita. We pointed the bow north again and motored out in calm seas and four knots of wind to Chamela. It was an uneventful … Read More

Laundry and Garbage

January 10, 2012Leave a Comment

I dove in today with scrapers in hand and found that it was amazing this boat moved at all when we left Barra. The bottom was a giant mass of growth. Hundreds of pounds of fist sized plants, quite beautiful actually, had attached themselves to our fifteen or so year-old … Read More

Tenacatita

January 09, 2012Leave a Comment

Busy mornings filled with kids’ breakfast, play, and Lowe’s sporadic naps. Afternoons spent on the beach and in the restaurant. Nights playing on deck as the sun slips underneath the hills, one last kids’ meal, and bedtime stories. Today we hung out with friends we last saw in San Francisco. … Read More

Spindrift Cost

January 08, 201223 Comments

What will our second sailing adventure cost? Hopefully a lot less than our first. We’re starting out this time in a much different frame of mind and with a much different type of boat. We bought our Spindrift for a little less than half of what other Spindrifts were on the … Read More

A Challenge, But Good Too

January 08, 2012Leave a Comment

This is why everyone cruising in Mexico has a dinghy with wheels. That’s two hundred and some odd pounds of dinghy there. No problem for Ali and I back in the day, but the four extra legs and feet aren’t really helping much right now. Life aboard is a bit … Read More

Beach Break

January 07, 2012Leave a Comment

So I isolated the starter battery today and went to fire up the engine. Nothing. That battery, despite reading 12.2v couldn’t even begin to turn the engine over. Normally this would be evident easily enough because the starter battery and the house batteries should be isolated from each other, joined … Read More

Pink

January 06, 2012Leave a Comment

Well I thought we were running good again, but apparently not. The fridge is running great now, but the batteries aren’t being charged properly. The voltage during the charging won’t reach above 12.4v and drops to 12.0 when the engine is shut down after two to three hours. I’ve got … Read More