A lot of the places we went were un-marked turn offs from the highway, and by un-marked, I mean just a couple ruts on the side of the road easily passed...like this area.
Surf spots and Mazatlian surf tour - Part 3 of 3 - 2017
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Debbie glued teak to cover hole in Nav Station area - 2017
This hole was a creation of the the previous owner and we want to cover it.
Changed the spark plugs in the Honda 9.9 hp outboard 2017
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Our 2012 Honda 9.9 hp outboard sitting on our stern. I had to sit on the stern rail to do the spark plug work.
Removing bracket on Beta diesel engine and hose fix
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
Removing the bracket on Beta diesel engine. We got the two bolts off without much of a problem. No cracked knuckles...just a little awkward. One holds the house battery bank ground. We cleaned up the ground but it was in good shape anyway. The bracket made it a bit difficult to get at the impeller. Not any more!
Removing the bracket on Beta diesel engine. We got the two bolts off without much of a problem. No cracked knuckles...just a little awkward. One holds the house battery bank ground. We cleaned up the ground but it was in good shape anyway. The bracket made it a bit difficult to get at the impeller. Not any more!
Cleaned up the House battey bank ground cable and lubed it.
We spotted a leaky split hose. It was just wet around the top
when running the engine. We decided it would be better to fix it.
Bracket gone. At Beta Marine they now sell touch up paint in a bottle with a brush. So no more using messy spray paint. We will order some next trip to the US.
The white is powder that got flung around to prevent bugs.
and was told to use a solid hose clamp and could replace the hose.
The hose is still in good shape (six years old) so we went looking for a solid hose clamp like what we took off. We wanted to replace it with a new one.
New with old hose clamps.
Got some new solid SS hose clamps for the 3/4 inch hose.
We then cut off about an inch of hose to get fresh hose. We heated the top area of the hose up some and slipped it on with a new solid hose clamp. And that, as they say, is the end of that story.
Honda 9.9 hp outboard got new fuel filter, oil, gear oil etc - 2017
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
We first moved the boat next to the dock with the Honda 9.9 hp outboard as close to the dock as we could get it.
Surf spots and Mazatlian surf tour - Part 2 of 3
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
These beaches were long and fun to ride on. Once in a while we would run over a dip and bounce around. We would go right around the point or cut up over land to the next beach.
These beaches were long and fun to ride on. Once in a while we would run over a dip and bounce around. We would go right around the point or cut up over land to the next beach.
Every so often we would come across one of these nets.
They work during high tide. There seemed to be two separated by say 50 yards.
A regular RR crossing at a small village, no lights or gate
but a sign and some gravel to ride on!
We think the tracks on the right are not used any more.
This is an all-wood structure that looked to be a restaurante - in it's day.
from the all-wood one...this looked abandoned too.
Surf spots and Mazatlán surf tour - Part 1 of 3 - 2017
Middle of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
I got gate duty.
Our friend Jack offered to take us to some beaches just north of Mazatlán for an off-road tour.
Installed new Bellows Assembly in J-Series Vacuum Tank - 2017
Beginning of January 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
This job would have been a lot easier if we had the parts when we original took this J-Series Vacuum Tank apart when we were in Zihuatanejo some time ago. There, we had to repair the tank and we noticed that the Bellows were in need of replacing. But we were in Zihuatanejo and there were no SeaLand VacuFlush parts anywhere around.
This job would have been a lot easier if we had the parts when we original took this J-Series Vacuum Tank apart when we were in Zihuatanejo some time ago. There, we had to repair the tank and we noticed that the Bellows were in need of replacing. But we were in Zihuatanejo and there were no SeaLand VacuFlush parts anywhere around.
Staked down some bolts on the Beta motor mount - 2017
Beginning of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
You can see one bolt here with J.B. Weld applied to the edges.
Toilet work failed\went to eat and band played - 2017
Beginning of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
After a nice long beach walk, we stopped here at this ramada for a late lunch.
Seasonal impeller check/change - 2017
Beginning of February 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
The old impeller still looks good...we will keep it as a second back up.
Companionway steps get cleaned and gets a coat of Teak Wonder - 2017
End of January 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico
First we cleaned the step with TSP several times.
Some places need some scraping and others sanding.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)