What have we been doing?

Since returning from the Copper Canyon we have been doing a mix of socializing, relaxing and boat chores.

Our friends, Bob and Sherry of SV Nirvana have arrived in Paradise Village so we have been getting together with them. Other friends include Chuck and Margie of SV Dreamcatcher, friends from Shilshole Bay in Seattle and new friends, Max, Liz, Victoria and Jonathan of SV Fluenta (another Stevens 47) as well as Fran and Richard of SV Red of Anchorage, Alaska. So we have not been lonely.

Sarah, our daughter, arrived last Wednesday. Together we have enjoyed time on the beach, taking Windarra to La Cruz for the Sunday Market and dinner to celebrate her birthday. While we were there we also had Fernando, our engine mechanic, do the 50 hour maintenance check of the engine. On the way back to Paradise Village we checked out the sails and watched for whales which are returning to the bay. It is great having another crew member and we will miss her when she returns to Portland.

We had some canvas work done, lining our Jerry jug covers with a vinyl material to increase the UV protection. The sun is brutal here. I am also in the process of making slip covers for our cushions in the salon. Rich has been working on replacing the screens for the strainers for the refrigeration and freezer cooling pumps. They are clogging which we suspect is from all of the particles in the water here in the estuary. He also replaced the tubing for the aft fuel tank to the Tank Tender. Somehow the old tubing got crimped and was reporting that the tank was empty, which it was not. Of course, running a new tube meant taking the aft bed apart and snaking it through the engine compartment and into the nav station.

We took Sarah to the airport yesterday and now we are preparing Windarra for passage making. With any luck we will reach escape velocity soon and then head south toward Zihuatanejo.

Adios,
Elaine and Rich