43 36.746'S, 072 53.400'W
We decided to stay here at Puerto Escondido. Yesterday Rich rebuilt the port side secondary winch in the cockpit. It gets a lot of use as it is for the roller furling lines as well as the port side staysail sheet and boom brake. On Tuesday the winch was making a grinding sound so it definitely needed some work. Now it is greased and cleaned and ready for use.
Today's project was to take off the trim of the starboard salon forward port light. It has been leaking, especially when we are on passage. This is the first time we have done anything to the port lights since we installed them in 2000, so I guess we can't complain. It was a big job removing all of the caulking on the outside and then putting on new Sikoflex and the trim back on.
Our time here has not been all work. We have been reading on our kindles (I now have one too), relaxing and checking out the views of the waterfalls on the hillside and the glaciers and ice on the mountains in the distant. It is very similar to British Columbia, with the trees coming down to the water's edge and near vertical hillsides. We are the only boat here and we are enjoying the piece and quiet.
Tomorrow we plan to head farther south. Maybe to Anihue (any who).
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