2008 Blog

WRENCHING DEPARTURE from MAZATLAN…..

Dear F&F, December 4-11, 2008 Wrenching, because we had to use wrenches. Wrenching, because it took us 3 attempts to finally get out of Dodge. Attempt #1 Dec 4 In preparation for departure we hired a local diver to clean the bottom of the boat. The water in the marina is gross, so it was …

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Repairs

Dear F&F, October 12th – December 11th When we returned from Copper Canyon, we had to get serious about getting the boat ready for the upcoming season. Many of you know, our boat was built for us in France and new in 2004. Despite having professional shipright Bill Bornemann in Marina del Rey, work 2 …

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Copper Canyon….

Dear F&F, October 2nd though 9th When Cindy and I returned from our trip up to LA and Santa Rosa, we were looking forward to our long awaited inland tour of Mexico\’s Copper Canyon. This is the Grand Canyon of Mexico, but 5 times bigger. Several rivers and most of the canyon complex is deeper …

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French Polynesia Long Stay Visa Application……

September 22, 2008 This was the main reason that we both came to California at this time. I had a trial run applying for the visa when in Los Angeles by myself in June. With our boat documented at my sister\’s address, we were deemed no longer residents of Southern California, so the LA office …

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Quick Trip to Cabo San Lucas…..

September 9-10, 2008 There are certain things you never send in the mail: passports, original boat documentation, original import permits, etc. These happened to be the things that the office in charge of issuing permits to visit the Archipelagos Revillagigedos required. So we flew to Cabo San Lucas. Just reaching the right office to find …

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Marina Mazatlan……

September 2, 2008 Scott did a brilliant job of navigating us through the breakwater in the dark. I know that because I didn\’t hear any crashing noises as I had my eyes closed. The navigation lights are hard to distinguish from the lights on the land. So the visual is very confusing. We had our …

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Crossing \”The Sea\”……

August 29 & 30, 2008 Turns out these were our last 2 days of diving in the Sea of Cortez. We took Monty, of catamaran \”The Heavenly Star\”, diving. He is certified, but hadn\’t been on scuba in a very long time. Scott & I kept a close eye on him & he did great. …

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Me and Julio down by the school yard…..

Aug 24-25, 2008 Remember that song? We have been on weather watch for days as tropical storm Julio is heading our way. Not sure when we will go \”OUT\” next. Our next \”OUT\” will probably be our last. This is the trickiest weather month, we must watch for our weather window to get the boat …

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Diving in the Sea of Cortez….

July 25 – Aug 21, 2008 Scott & I stuck to Terry of trimaran Manta like glue all summer. With his years of experience diving these waters we didn\’t feel the need to stray any further than his wake. Often our group of diving multihulls included s/v Rhumb Line (Mick & Joyce), s/v The Heavenly …

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Road Trip: Driving to California

July 16-24, 2008 Cindy first met Clark as a physical therapy patient (See Photo Gallery – 06, 07 & 08 – 2008 – Puerto Escondido & San Diego) and later Scott became his dentist. We became good friends with shared loves of cycling, sailing, diving & joie de vivre. He has lived in Paris for …

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