2012, Anchored in Matanchen Bay in San Blas, Nayarit Mexico
Here we are in Matanchen Bay near San Blas, Nayarit. We ended up here with three other ha ha boats. The day we arrived we put up the BreezeBuster hatch scoops and screens that are no-see-um screens also. We took a shower together in our head and it was great. Plenty of room and the water felt real good. We slept real good with the two fans we installed in the stateroom on full blast. They got turned down as the night cooled off. The next day was dingy day. We blew up our Achilles LSI-310E dingy. We used the electric pump and set up we made and did this on the fore deck.
Netting added and Mermaid 5200 btu working great
Debbie added the netting so items would not fall on the Mermaid 5200 HVAC unit.
Or new Mermaid 5200 btu unit that was rebuilt twice by Mermaid worked when it counted. First off when we arrived in Cobo from San Diego and it was 92 deg it worked fine. We really needed the rest and the Mermaid unit came through and allowed us to rest. Now in Mazatlan Mexico for the past nine days it has worked great. We are off to San Blas next and may attempt to use it on the 2000 Xantrax modified sin wave inverter. We did this once when the shore power plug was accidently pulled and it worked great, even with the digital thermostat. Next test is to see if it will run all night on our 520 amp hour AGM house batteries. The anchorage may be cooler than these marinas as we are blocked in with no breeze, the boat is facing the sun and the breeze is not going in the hatches. On anchorage that will change.
Or new Mermaid 5200 btu unit that was rebuilt twice by Mermaid worked when it counted. First off when we arrived in Cobo from San Diego and it was 92 deg it worked fine. We really needed the rest and the Mermaid unit came through and allowed us to rest. Now in Mazatlan Mexico for the past nine days it has worked great. We are off to San Blas next and may attempt to use it on the 2000 Xantrax modified sin wave inverter. We did this once when the shore power plug was accidently pulled and it worked great, even with the digital thermostat. Next test is to see if it will run all night on our 520 amp hour AGM house batteries. The anchorage may be cooler than these marinas as we are blocked in with no breeze, the boat is facing the sun and the breeze is not going in the hatches. On anchorage that will change.
Baja Ha Ha - Arrived at Cabo San Lucas, oh my! - 2012
November 2012 - Baja Ha Ha in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Going into Cabo harbor was like going into a harbor you see on TV in China. It was busy and chaos. Lots of panga, water taxis, sport fisher boats and tour boats all making noise. Not to mention the jet skis etc.and all going every which way.
Going into Cabo harbor was like going into a harbor you see on TV in China. It was busy and chaos. Lots of panga, water taxis, sport fisher boats and tour boats all making noise. Not to mention the jet skis etc.and all going every which way.
Deck teak Cetoled before leaving on ha ha - 2012
We finished off the cap rail and the cockpit teak and even did the top side of the cockpit table just to be clean and comfortable on the Baja Ha-Ha which was 10-29-12. It all came out good. We did a coat of Sikkens Cetol a day as there was no time to waste!
Baja Ha Ha - Bahia Santa Maria to Cabo San Lucas - 2012
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Sailed into Mazatlan, El Cid Marina! 2012
11\11\2012 Currently in El Cid Marina, Mazatlán, Mexico
A Quick note to say we are in Mazatlán! We arrived on 11\-16-12.
We will be off to Matanchen Bay soon and make posts and videos to the blog when we can.
So far so good, the boat has performed well, I am not so sure we have realized what a trip to Mazatlan was going to be like in such a short amount of time, over a 1000 sea miles and lots of overnighters.
Now that we are here we are slowing down. We are at El Cid Marina. Great deals on slips so far in Cabo and here. Almost 1/3 the price of a few years ago! Off to San Blas, Nayarit (Matanchen Bay) in a week.😎
Baja Ha Ha -Turtle Bay, anchorage, beach party, fuel, showers, cantina etc. - 2012
With AIS on the Garmin 740 chart plotter.
Outboard motor bracket fabricated on stern - 2012
The talk, design.
We went to Benchmark Custom Welding in San Diego before leaving on the Baja Ha-Ha and had our dingy mount bracket welded onto the boat. Matthew welded it up and did a fine job.What gear worked and did not for the Baja ha ha - 2012
So what worked and what did not as systems go?
Our wireless is now good enough in Cabo San Lucas. The marina wireless
is crap but using “The Wire AP“ we installed we grabbed some free Cabo WiFi and
are using it now. The WiFi is too slow to upload videos to YouTube but good
enough for other things like this post on the blog. For video uploads we need
to go to a coffee shop
Baja Ha-Ha - Our first leg out of San Diego to Turtle Bay, wow! - 2012
The first leg was
hard on us. We do not have an asymmetrical spinnaker and the winds were real
light. There was a mixed 3-4 ft swell and so we were motoring. We tried to raise
the main and the genoa with the whisker pole holding out the genoa.
Cabo San Lucas noise verses San Diego noise - 2012
2012 we are in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Cabo San Lucas, noise is a lot different than the Shelter Island San Diego, CA noise.
When we pulled into the Cabo San Lucas, harbor it looked like a port
you would see in China. There was a lot of activity with pangas and sport fishing
boats coming and going along with jet skis and tour boats etc. Lots of noise
from all the activity a sensory overload!
Cabo San Lucas, noise is a lot different than the Shelter Island San Diego, CA noise.
Ringer came along
This ringer we bought at the Chula Vista Swap Meet some
years ago for a steal. We are not sure yet if it will get used but think it
might. We brought it along on the Baja ha ha just in case.
Achilles LSI-310E dinghy cover purchased - 2012
November 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
Because we did not have time to make chaps before we sailed we purchased a dinghy cover for our Achilles LSI-310E dinghy from the Dinghy Doctor as an alternative for now.
Leaving San Diego on the Baja Ha Ha with fleet, class of 2012 rally - 2012
Crew member Pam on our boat .s\v Elegant'sea.
Cleared into Mexico in Cabo San Lucas - We can raise the Mexican flag! - 2012
November 2012 - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
We are now all cleared into Mexico and can raise the Mexican flag! Debbie jest sent off and email to Lindsey our daughter by Sail Mail because the Wi-Fi at the marina stinks. We will go to a Internet Cafe today to post a few messages.
We are now all cleared into Mexico and can raise the Mexican flag! Debbie jest sent off and email to Lindsey our daughter by Sail Mail because the Wi-Fi at the marina stinks. We will go to a Internet Cafe today to post a few messages.
Today we changed the
oil in the Beta Marine 38 hp engine, filter and air filter and checking out the bolts
for tighten etc. We drained the Racor filters of water and replaced one (#1)
and cleaned the sea strainer.
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