Santiago to Zihuatanejo, our Southern passage - 2020

This ended up being a motor sail to Zihuatanejo.

We left Santiago about midnight and the seas kicked up a bit with 17-18 knot winds for a couple hours but died back down and eventually after taking some salt water spray over the boat, the sea smoothed out as predicted. It must have been a local weather effect. The seas got better as daylight came and were nice enough and got better as night fell.

Concho shell in Santiago - -2020

 Picked up this Conch shell in Santiago on the beach (from a sales vender girl) 😁 

and have been doing the sunset Conch shell "thing". Cool huh!

January 2020 - We were anchored in Santiago Mexico 

Prop check in Santiago - 2020

While anchored in Santiago, I dove to check the prop nuts and cotter pin. All is fine!

We may leave at midnight on Tuesday the 28th so we will get into Zihuatanejo at around noon.on Thursday the 30th. According how much sailing we can do😀 It will be three-quarter one night and one full over night passage.

Bahia de Navidad to Santiago passage South - 2020

Just a reefed main for steadying and motored all the way. Half day passage😊

New wet cell house batteries installed - 2020

Yes we got 4 new golf cart LTH batteries that are made here in Mexico. 

Here is Arturo's son Armando and Arturo unloading the new batteries from the Bahia de Navidad water taxi. They helped carry away the old AGM batteries and we put them in Arturo's car. We drove over to "Cowboy Automotive" and picked up the new batteries with the old as trade ins. The specs for the old and new batteries are on a previous post.

New house batteries needed?!?! - 2020

OK it is time! 

Our house batteries are toast. 

We have had our MASTERVOLT house batteries Part #61002600 for seven years and three months.

New propane tank fits nicely, thank you s\v Cyclades - 2020

 

 Danny and Deborah on s\v Cyclades brought down from the US this propane tank that we purchased. This Worthington Pro Grade 11 lb. Propane Tank is from Amazon.. This new tank fits good.

Tenacatita Mayor's dinghy raft up - 2020

Tenacatita Mayor's dinghy raft up on Friday night. Opening with the Conch shell horns. The mayor (Robert and first lady Virgina on s\v Harmony) opens.the raft up.

Tenacatita splicing class - 2020

This is Brett from s/v Liahona
He held the "class" at the palapa restaurant on the beach in Tenacatita.
Making a "locked brummel soft shackle" out of Dynema aka Amsteel.

Bronze washer, nuts and cotter pin installed on propeller shaft - 2020

We put on new prop nuts while anchored in Tenacatita Mexico. These we got from other cruisers and are taking the place of the cone zinc for now. So we do not lose the prop and can continue on to Zihuatanejo

Propeller pitch - 2020

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Prop shaft keyway was in question if prop slipped - 2020

There was some question as to whether our prop 
had slipped down the keyway towards the end of the shaft? 

Missing Prop Nut and "D" cone zinc anode - 2020

Our prop nut and zinc anode holder is missing!

Bahia de Navidad Lagoon to Tenacatita and anchorage - 2019

Bahia de Navidad Lagoon to Tenacatita

Upper eyebrow varnish sanded, taped and 50-50 coat - 2019

 Started off using the DeWalt Random Orbit Sander to get the teak smoothe. 

Had to use some coarse sand paper. Then went under the eyebrow to get the leftover stuff that I could not get off with the heat gun.We had used Sikkens Cetol originally and it did good for a lot of years. It was time for a change now though.