New Ritchie LED Red Compass light - Installed and working - 2017

Our Ritchie Compass light went out as we posted before and we bought a new LED one.
I cut the old one off by the compass housing hole and then attached the new LED red Ritchie replacement light to those wires. 

Harken 5.1 Big Boat traveler gets lubed and new lines, smaller lines - 2017

The first lines we put on the Harken 5.1 "Big Boat" traveler when we did the traveler project were recommended by Downwind Marine and were good for the hands but were lousy working in the 5.1 traveler. Then we did a second set of lines which we were better but the same size as the first set. Now are replacing those with these new ones we purchased which are a size smaller.

Anchoring LED bow, stern and midship lights - anchoring bow light tested - 2017

As you can see in the video, the blue LED light does work and comes on about the same time as the dock lights at the El Cid Marina where we are currently docked.

Zincs for the Honda 9.9 outboard from Dinghy Doctor - 2017

 Another item we decided in the end to get before we leave the US. We think we have some spares but cannot remember. We change them every summer when putting it away for the summer season.
We swung back by the Dinghy Doctor in San Diego and picked them up.

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA

And yet more parts checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!

New air filter for the Beta diesel purchased in San Diego - 2017

We decided to go ahead and purchase another air filter for the Beta diesel engine
for later use.   We purchased this from O'Reilly Auto Parts in San Diego, CA


November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA


And yet more parts checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!

New Found Metals Deck Wash Angle Connector(s) purchased - 2017


New Found Metals American Standard Deck Wash Angle Connector.  We have the old straight version of these and know that these new curved ones with the handle will work better for us so we purchased two.

New LED bulbs for our head sconce light - 2017

These new LED bulbs for our head sconce light may be a bit small. We could have made a mistake but it wll not matter much. The sconce light is not too bright now but it would not hurt to be dimmer.

Sun Hat for paddling on the SUP - 2017

Yes this is the "GQ" look of my new hat for paddle boarding 😎 

1" Black strapping and buckles purchased - 2018

We purchased these buckles and 2 packs of 1" black strapping so we could make easy tie downs for the Ocean Kayak Malibu Two and the Starboard Whopper SUP we are going to purchase. When we do a over night or mutable nights passage we tie the Kayak and SUP down on the fore deck.

Anchoring LED bow, stern and midship (TritonLED SeaStrip 20) lights purchased - 2017

We purchased two of these 4" Blue LED lights, one for the bow under the anchor roller
and one on the stern inside the SS vent for the blower.

New Gill sailing gloves for Debbie - 2017

Yay, Debbie. Yep, she now has new sailing gloves! 
Debbie liked the Harkin gloves but did not like the double Velcro on the wrist. She is happy with the Gill.

Rust-Oleum Flat Black and Gloss White - 2017

These come in handy and we never see just cans
of Rust-Oleum - only Spray cans.- in Mexico.

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA

And yet more parts checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!

Hailing port change - San Diego to LA - 2017

We are going to change our hailing port on the transom of the boat
so we worked with Tom of The Graphix Group in San Diego; they did our last
hailing port change when we bought our boat from Ventura nine years ago!

New galley towels purchased

We have a three-towel system in the galley - one color for hands,
one color for counter top and one color for drying dishes. 
We try to keep them separate, hence the three different colors.  We do this in order to keep the galley as germ-free as possible. These are microfiber which allows them to dry quickly.These were purchased from Amazon.com also!

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA

Our current galley towels sorely needed replacing! 
We still need to decide which color will be for what purpose :)
We tried this different company as they were more affordable and
offered the size of microfiber towels we wanted for the galley.

And yet another part checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!

More watermaker suplies and spares - 2017

We purchased these from Daily Watermakers in San Diego. This is for our Spectra Watermaker 200T Deluxe watermaker. We had just purchased some spares last month but decided we needed more.

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA


And yet another part checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!


Getting ready to cross the border into Mexico,Mexican customs preparation - 2017


Some of the things missing are the bicycle conversion kit - a 36 pound box with a kit to make a bicycle into a motorized bike; this is for a friend in Mazatlán. Also our 85 pound Mermaid Marine Air 12000 BTU HVAC unit we had repaired at the factory. Our new paddleboard cover and a few other things.

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA

Boom Bail purchased.

This Boom Bail was purchased from Downwind Marine in San Diego.
Just in case we want to connect the preventer to the end of the mast. It is also handy to have just for grabbing the boom.Three inches wide for our Islander Freeport 36 boat s\v Elegant'sea. This one is made by "Ronstan".

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA


And yet another part checked off the US buy list for the next cruising season on s\v Elegant'sea!

AcuRite Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with Humidity Sensor - purchased - 2018

Wireless Thermometer and Hygrometer
Our plan for this is to have another source for the inside temperature
and humidity besides the HVAC thermostat or the Garmin GPS/Chartplotter.

November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in University Heights, San Diego CA

Filter Dryer for FrigoBoat System - Refer/Freezer - 2017

 We purchased this Filter Dryer from "Costal Climte Control" The newer FrigoBoat systems come with these Filter Dryers installed in the keel cooler.  Ours is older so we needed to purchase one. We have developed water in our coolant.

In case you forgot what we look like 2017

At the VA in L.A., CA. 
November 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We are currently house sitting in Pacific Beach, San Diego CA