The starboard got cut first. We used the Dremmel tool to do this job.
Sail track modified for water drainage - 2016
End of December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Two new Schrader valves installed into Mermaid 12000 btu unit - 2016
End of December 2016 - June 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Old/New Nav Station Red light tubes for old slim florescent lights - 2016
End of December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
The Led nav station touch light we purchased has a red night light and a white map light.
Fuel problems at Summers' end - 2016
Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We came back to Marina Mazatlán on November 22.
It was time for us to move to a different slip because ours was in a noisy area and less breezy.
It was time for us to move to a different slip because ours was in a noisy area and less breezy.
Ok, We broke down and had our mast polished!! - 2016
End of December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Yes, the price seemed right and we had other things to deal with. Luis Sarabia did the work from “L & A’s Full Boat Service” here in Marina Mazatlán. (669) 441 98 73.
Cockpit microphone (Standard Horizon RAM 3+) installed - 2016
December 2016 - currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Our Standard Horizon Ram 3+ microphone is a great addition to our cockpit.
Re-purposing our Edison Step - 2016
Middle of December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
The Edison step works great for getting on and off the boat and the paddle board if we do not care to drop the stern steps for the paddle board.
Re-installed solar panels from summer storage - 2016
December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We came back to Mazatlán on November 22. We stayed in a hotel a few days to get the boat livable again.
New Keen sandals purchased - 2016
Middle of December 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán,, Mexico
When we were in San Marcos(North San Diego) US house sitting I some got some Keen Sandals and they fit nice. It took several tries to get the right size.
Google Chromcast purchased from BestBuy
Currently at our last house sit for 2016 here in San Marcos, Cal!
This Google Chromecast will allow us to stream video from the BLU R1 HD smart phone to the 27" LED tv we have on the boat. Using the "Hotspot" feature of the phone and the VPN app we should get good entrainment from the web. We do have access to Netflix and there are other free streaming places on the internet.
New eye glasses for us both - 2016
Beginning of November 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Currently at our last house sit for 2016 here in San Marcos, Cal!
Currently at our last house sit for 2016 here in San Marcos, Cal!
Debbie and myself got new eye glasses. Mine are shown here.
Sold our 2001 Nissan Sentra
Beginning of November 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Currently at our last house sit for 2016 here in San Marcos, Cal!
We are leaving for home soon, in a matter of days to (s\v Elegant'sea) in Mazatlán, Mexico. We needed to sell this car the 2001 Nissan Sentra we had bought to get around in while in the US getting my new hip. So off it went to another adventure.
Next summer we plan on purchasing another used car in Mexico with Mexican plates that we will drive up to the US and then back to Mexico again
Purchased a "Cable Matters" SuperSpeed USB 3.0 J45 Ethernet adapter - 2016
Purchased a HooToo Powered USB 3.0 7-Port Hub with 2 Charging Ports - 2016
HooToo USB 3.0 7-Port Hub with 3 hard drives connected and our BLU RD 1 HD cell phone charging on it. This is all piled up on the table now but we have places on the nav station for this setup.
Purchased Standard Horizon CMP31 Ram 3+ remote mic - 2016
The recently purchased Standard Horizon Ram 3+ remote mic will be a welcome addition to our cockpit electronics!
Purchased some spare parts for our Sea Land VacuFlush system - 2017
From Chatsworth (LA) house sit to Palm Springs house sit - 2016
Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, MexicoHouse sitting in Cathedral City (Palm Springs) CA.
The home owner "Brice" asked us to hang this picture centered this way and that so we did. Also he wanted a table cloth pad custom cut and fit so we did that also. Another item was the toilet we were using broke so we went to Home Depot and got some parts and fixed it. All went well!
Our car. for the Summer, a 4 cyl 2001 Nissan Sentra.
No humidity but it is pretty warm 😎 Luckily the house is modern (golf course living) with great AC.. It is nice and cool at night and all night till about 10:00 am then it starts getting warm.
Debbie and Peanut.
Looking out the back yard at the mountains.
A happy "Peanut" :) She likes to be touching you some were.
"Peanut" with the ball :) Come play with me!
We have never seen a dozen Hawks flying
at one time together but here they are!
We were going to sell our car here and then fly out to
Mazatlán from the Palm Springs airport but we got a call from Linda in SanMarcos in San Diego who wanted us to come back for another house sit.
We decided that would work out good because of a few things.
First we thought selling the car in San Diego would be easier
because there is a bigger audience and we would have a bit more time.
Also, the weather
would more-then-likely have changed from the summer high humidly to the nice
winter weather in Mazatlán. Also, financially it would work out better for us.
For one thing, we could fly out of TJ in Mexico so our air fare would be less.
So it looks like we will get back home the 22nd of
November! Exactly six months from the time we left!
That happened before to us. We sailed out of Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay and cruised the Mexican Rivera south for six months to
the day. We anchored out continually for the six months, only spending three
days in a marina to do some anchor rode repair. We got back to Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay six months to the day we left!
From San Marcos (San Diego) to Chatsworth (LA) house sit - 2016
Middle of October 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We were staying in one of these townhouses.
Beta diesel engine antifreeze change made easier - 2016
Beginning of October 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
The way we currently have to drain the antifreeze from our Beta 38 hp diesel engine is not good for the engine hose.
Picked up an order from Downwind Marine - stak pack clips and deck puls - 2016
Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico House sitting in San Marcos,Ca.
The SS clips will be holding up our stack pack
instead of the old bronze ones we have.
New shoes for Chip in the USA - 2016
Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico.
House sitting in San Marcos.ca.
House sitting in San Marcos.ca.
Crocs size 11 M.
Oceanside pier and beach walk taking the Sprinter from San Marcos - 2016
Beginning of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
San Marcos house sitting by way of Carlsbad beach - 2016
End of August 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Getting towards "Glass-off-Time" so it was cool!
My hip surgery incision, went through the front! - 2016
End of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
The day we left our house sit in Chatsworth, California we stopped by my surgeon's (Dr Hernandez) office and saw Phu Phan (his Physician’s assistant) who checked out my hip. I was ready to suck it up for staple removal but when he removed the bandage he said they would just melt away, the stitches...no staples. Everything is good and now I can be done with the sponge baths! It is now just a matter of time till I am back to walking normally!
Got this done at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute. This is supported by the VA (Veterans Affairs ) "Choice Program".
Got this done at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute. This is supported by the VA (Veterans Affairs ) "Choice Program".
Chatsworth house sit is over...now on to San Marcos - San Diego area - 2016
End of August 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Cali Cuts
While we were in Chatsworth ,California I got my new hip (major surgery) and did my post-op and got a clip at Cali Cuts! What 18 days in Chatsworth can do for a body!
Hip post-op walk, or limp around - 2016
Middle of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Here it is - the infamous “post-op walk”. Yes, I am limping but that is because my right leg still hurts, not because it is short. Besides, I may be trained to limp after 3 years needing a hip replacement.
Hip surgery: Done-got the darn hip! - 2016
Middle of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico I had nice private room in the Dignity Health Northridge Medical Center Hospital.
They had me up and walking several hours after the actual surgery.
House sitting in Beaumont CA - 12 chicken, 2 dogs, 3 cats and turtles! - 2016
Beginning of June 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, MexicoHouse sitting in Beaumont CA..
Not the house, old train station.
Honda 9.9 hp outboard impeller change video
End of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlan, Mexico
Here is another video on our Honda 9.9 hp outboard engine.
We try to keep all our maintance information on the blog for later use. We also keep it on a hard drive so we have a couple of places to access it. We have never replaced the impeller yet and a hoping to purchase a kit and some more spare spark plus soon. We will replace the spark plugs this winter before we set out cruising..
Honda 9.9 hp 4 Stroke impeller change
Our stay in Castaic,CA is over - off to Brea, California for house sitting - 2016
Middle of July 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We left here on July 13,2016.
This was not house sitting but it gave us time to set up the house sitting gigs while in the States. Our original house sitting gig in AZ for 6 months fell apart at the last minute. Thank you, Melissa and Rene for letting us stay here with you!
We stayed at Debbie's sisters house in Castaic Junction, California.
This was not house sitting but it gave us time to set up the house sitting gigs while in the States. Our original house sitting gig in AZ for 6 months fell apart at the last minute. Thank you, Melissa and Rene for letting us stay here with you!
Castaic, CA Lagoon. Located at the bottom of "The Grapevine" - 2016
Castaic,Lake CA Located at the bottom of "The Grapevine".
Temporary Salon cushion covers - Home Depot taps - 2016
Beginning of October 2015 - At private slip in Nuevo Vallarta in Banderas Bay, Mexico
These covers Debbie made from Home Depot cloth tarps.
Stern cleaned and waxed, looking good ! - 2016
January 2016 - Anchored in the Barra-Bahia de Navidad lagoon.
Here I am cleaning the top part of the stern steps.
You can see we did both sides of the stern and then tackled the stern steps.
Purchased a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablet - 2016
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablet with an 8 ' screen and 16 gb of memory.
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