2008 Feb Blog

Dear F&F, Sunday Feb 17 We did not know that \”holding tank pumpout day\” was only on Thursdays. We missed it. With 3 of us onboard for 5 days, we really needed to take a dump, no pun intended. There was no other option but cast off the dock lines, motor out into the bay […]

Dear F&F, Friday Feb 15 Sad day…Skye had to fly back to LA. The Hollywood Writers Guild strike coincidentally ended while she was with us & it is time to go back to LA & get another job. She\’s also studying for the GMAT, perhaps an MBA program in Fall 2009. She made us promise

Dear F&F, Weds Feb 13 Skye really helped us get in the full tourist mode. She & I signed up for the \”Dolphin Experience\”. We went by panga to a mini Sea World type place. The captive dolphins are in tanks & do tricks for the paying tourists. It was a bit sad, but awesome

Dear F&F, Sunday Feb 10 Skye arrived with all the requested boat items & did not get inspected going through customs so that was a relief. We were thrilled to see her, and Scott felt like it was Christmas. All sorts of fun spare parts, wire, digital photo storage cards; other boat gadgets. Monday Feb

Dear F&F, February 12th Some of you have asked about the night watches. So far we are doing 4 hrs shifts. We haven\’t done more than 2 full days & 2 full nights at sea yet, so it isn\’t that tough. Actually, it\’s probably tougher to do short coastal passages versus long ocean passages as

Dear F&F, February 10th……continued After the dinghy ride around Punta de Mita it was warm enough that I decided to go swimming. There were about 10 boats anchoraged besides us. A few pangas zipping around & a couple of jet skis zooming about. Enough traffic that I did laps under the boat (for fear of

Dear F&F, February 10th Right now we are anchored at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. There are about 40-50 cruising boats are here. There is a brand new marina, but hardly any boats are inside at those new docks. Why pay when you can anchor for free? The docks are not attractive because you can\’t easily