Tied the Achilles LSI-310E dinghy to a rock in case of a rouge wave
coming in and sweeping out the dink 😁
Anchored and going ashore in Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico -2014
End of December 2014 Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico
Anchored in Las Hadas, Catamaran encroachment - anchoring ability? - Manzanillo, mexico - 2014
End of December 2014 - Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico
I rowed over (in our Achilles LSI-310E dinghy) to the cat and started to push
it sideways.
Anchored in Las Hadas, Manzanillo - re-anchored for storms, cleaned bottom - 2014
Late December 2014 - Anchored in Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico
Today we swam at
anchor and I cleaned the bottom using the snorkel. In Zihuatanejo we will clean it proper with the dive gear.
Solstice Tracker inflatable kayak – Junk! - 2014
End of December 2014 - Anchored in Manzanillo
This was taken in La Cruz anchorage with Debbie out in the kayak..
Our Solstice Tracker kayak has turned out
to be a piece of junk.
Anchored in Las Hadas, Stormy, waiting for a weather window to sail to Zihuatanejo - 2014
End of December 2014 - Anchored in Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico
The storm has moved up to us now. We are getting lots of rain, thunder and lightening and swells!
Sailing to Las Hadas, Manzanillo , Anchored, dingy to marina, resort pool - 2014
End of December 2014 - Anchored in Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico
We passed this bird breeding rock and you can tell by the color :) (Piedra Blanca = White Rock).
Anchor rode re-build\switch - 3 of 3 Las Hadas, Manzanillo -final - 2014
December 2014 - Anchored in Las Hadas, Manzanillo
The anchoring area here in Las Hadas in Manzanillo is small to us but rather nice.
Not all work - Barra de Navidad - Grand Isla Navidad Resort - 2014
December 2014 - Grand Bay Hotel in Barra de Navidad, Mexico
The "crew" of s/v Meridian and s\v Elegant'sea enjoying a recreation break at Grand Bay Hotel in Barra de Navidad, Mexico last week. Can you spot Debbie and Chip?!?
Its not all boat work.
Anchor rode re-build\switch - 2 of 3 - 2014
December 2014 - in Barra-Bahia de Navidad, Marina Puerto de la Navidad(Barra Marina), Mexico
We went into Grand Isla Navidad Resort Marina for a day to sort out our anchor rode and chain.
We borrowed a angle grinder from Eric and Karen (hope we got their names correct!)
on s\v Miha, a Vagabond 43' boat that was built in San Diego.
Sailing test of GHC 10 class A under deck autopilot - 2014
December 2014 - Barra-Bahia de Navidad Mexico
We will be leaving Barra de Navidad for Manzanillo today. It is just a day sail so no overnight sail testing 😎.
Anchor rode re-build\switch - 1 0f 3 - 2014
December 2014 -Anchored in Barra-Bahia de Navidad Lagoon, Mexico
OK we have a problem. Our anchor chain is just not going work out any more. We have been keeping a measurement log and it is just gotten too thin in places. We were hooping to get this season from it. Not so. There is probably about 100' that needs to be discarded. We have in the past cut off some from the chain. This summer we cut 5' from the anchor back as it was worn. So we have about 185' of 3\8 3B chain. Another 125' of three strand rode spliced o to that. We will go into the Grand Isla Navidad Resort Marina for a day to string out the chain onto the dock and cut out the bad part.
OK we have a problem. Our anchor chain is just not going work out any more. We have been keeping a measurement log and it is just gotten too thin in places. We were hooping to get this season from it. Not so. There is probably about 100' that needs to be discarded. We have in the past cut off some from the chain. This summer we cut 5' from the anchor back as it was worn. So we have about 185' of 3\8 3B chain. Another 125' of three strand rode spliced o to that. We will go into the Grand Isla Navidad Resort Marina for a day to string out the chain onto the dock and cut out the bad part.
Anchored in Barra de Navidad Lagoon, Birthday party in Barra-Bahia de Navidad - 2014
Mid December 2014 - Anchored in Barra-Bahia de Navidad Lagoon
Had fun at the birthday celebration of Eulalie of s/v Elizabeth Jean, along with her mate Eric and other cruisers at the restaurant "Bamboo" in town in Barra.
Kato Marine Island Davits - refit - 5 of 5 - 2014
Beginning of December 2014 Barra-Bahia de Navidad Lagoon
The Kato Marine Island Davit project is
complete. We are currently in Bahia de Navidad lagoon and have the dinghy with
Honda 9.9 on it and the DaNard dingy wheels with the other gear inside (fuel
tank, oars, fender 20’ lock and cable etc). and the davits are holding up just
fine. We can lower the stern steps and raise them, securing them with the
sliding bolts and the rail slides. OK we have one bummed out rail slide because
our stern steps are not working perfectly. The hinge on the stern steps needs
to be re-built so the stern steps hang to one side. This has nothing to do with
the davits, the Achilles dinghy weight puling on the stern rail. This was a problem
before we re-did the dinghy davits. We could not open or close the stern steps
because with the dingy loaded it was causing the stern rail to prevent the
steps from closing properly and we were concerned that without the steps
secured the stern rail would fail.
ICOM 802 SSB, Barra-Bahia de Navidad + Tenacatita - 2014
December 2014 - Anchored in the Barra-Bahia de Navidad lagoon, Mexico
Warning – a poop story, you may not want to view - 2014
2014 Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Warning – a poop story, you may not want to
view
OK, lets get started then. On our way from Tenacatita
to Bahia de Navidad, Mexico we decided to pump out. We opened the through hull valve,
inserted the fuse and the macerator pump sounded fine only nothing came out of
the boat. Damn.
SSB static in Tenacatita - 2014
December 2014 Anchored in Tenacatita, Mexico
In Chamela we had no problem checking into Amigo net (6.227) mHz but here in Tenacatita we cannot hear much but static. We think it is because we are tucked in by the hills.
Sailing to Tenacatita from Chamela, Mexico - Anchored etc - 2014
Mid December 2014 - Sailing to Tenacatita, Mexico
We had a nice sail for over half the way to Tenacatita from Chamela. The winds were light with about 12 knots apparent. We
were averaging about 4 knots so that was fine. The seas were a bit more mixed
and at a shorter length - about 8 sec instead of the 13 sec as "advertised". 2-5' more like it but we had a nice sail.
We
tried some new techniques with the autopilot and furling and reefing and that
was good.
The other half of the passage was motor
sailing and the Beta did just great. There is a bit of an oil spattering coming
from the oil change pump I will need to look into at a later time.
Our passage took about 10 hours all told.
You cannot account for the fish nets and some tacks out of the way!
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