Loading water

These 5 gallon jugs are being pulled up with a line along the ladder to deck level where Herm pours them into the tank through the deck opening. Note that the halyards, dodger, mainsail, rollerfurling jib, spinnaker (in green bag) and extra fuel cans (also the bimini and all of the fenders, the captain's seat, mooring lines, boogie board and other misc.) are now near their proper places. They had been stored inside to protect them from the sun and dirt all summer. We can now actually get around inside the boat to store the new provisions, varnish the cabin sole etc. Our launch time is Saturday at 10 AM, UNLESS Hector has another "problema" with the stuffing box!

netting maker

When Herm installed that shiny new stanchion, he had to cut off all of our netting so here I am, making a lot of bowline knots. I have about 10 ft more to go!

Bob Cat

Bob Cat (not a catamarran!) is all packed up on the San Carlos Marina trailer ready to head for Tucson where she'll be transferred to a US carrier and trucked to somewhere. Maybe you'll see her next on the Columbia River as she is (supposedly) from Portland.

so many boats1

They aren't marked, but most of these boats still here are for sale. There are 600 boats in the dry storage, many for years but most are well equipped for cruising. However, the longer they sit, the more obsolete the equipment gets, especially electronics. The longer they sit, the more problems they acquire too. Some have been repossessed by the yard for lack of storage payment. For Sale too!

Just barely fits through the gate!

When we arrived at the gate, this trimarran was on her way out. Note the while wood trailer!

Ficus trees, all trimmed

We walk through here at noon every day to the pool and have watched guys hand clipping the trees and painting their trunks white. We aren't sure they look better this way but they grow pretty fast. Note cobblestone road, the bane of bicyclists! These are condominiums, all empty. In fact, our hotel is empty except for a few guests (noisy) on the weekends. During holidays we don't want to be here but it's great now.

new curb

The curb forms are here just before the cement ruck arrived. The road (?) has piles of red crushed lava rock in its center. This photo is facing east of our hotel room.

new kind of cement mixer

This truck contains sand, cement and water for mixing on the spot. In about an hour with 5 guys using shovels, a curb was poured in the lot across the street from our room. Looks like a housing development but no pipes have been laid in the street although it has been carefully scraped a bunch of times.

Dinner

We are grateful for our fish dinner today. Here's Herm in the galley of our hotel (Los Jitos) after a day of painting Sea Tern's bottom after the yard guys moved her so Herm could do the parts he had to miss before - under the pads and keel. Turkeys cost about $3.00 per pound as they are not part of the general Mexican diet. Mostly turkey is sold as thinly sliced processed meat (pavo) . I spent the day sanding, then varnishing the cabin sole.

Herm's ride on tricycle

Sea Tern's beautiful new blue bottom.

new parking lot for boats next season

San Carlos Marina FULL of boats!