Fun at Fat Fish restaurant 2x1 ribs, Mazatlán - 2017


Dave and Marisa on s/v Pacifico, an Erikson 36, Dan and Debbie on s/v Caper, a Catalina Morgan 38 and of course us, Chip and Debbie on s\v Elegant'sea our Islander Freeport 36 all went to dinner at Fat Fish Restaurant in Zona Dorado in Mazatlán..

VW Jetta is getting window tinting - Dark! - 2017

The VW Jetta has medium tint on the two front side windows and dark tint on the rear windows and sun roof.

Two curtain rod holders needed re-fastening with new holes 2017

The curtain rod holders for a couple of curtains fell out. This new piece of teak will add a new place for the screw holes as the old ones are wore out. This is for the port stern window in the galley. It looks out over the galley.

Bimini shade needed a couple of groments, Debbie to the rescue - 2017


Debbie is putting on grommets with our canvas tools. We wanted to add two, one for each side of the stern 90 percent Phifertex shade that zips in the middle.

m\y Gladiatore visits s\v Elegant'sea in Mazatlán - 2017

m/y Gladiatorea, the 120 foot yacht, arrived at our dock. Can you see s\v Elegant'sea? Look for the Air Breeze wind generator.😃 Another big power boat had just left who was here for a few days. This yacht will be here for 10 days although they just left again for somewhere unknown.

Galley light gets rebuilt with red LED's for night passages - 2017

This Imtra light Debbie is working on has a bad circuit board.
We replaced it with a red LED hacked from another extra plastic accent light.

There goes another Perkins to the scrap heap - 2017

Denny on s/v Dream Catcher is repowering. He is removing his Perkins and is either going with a Beta or Yanmar diesel engine. Also, Denny on s/v Dolce Vita is repowering.  Both of these boats are in Marina Mazatlán.

The "Ford Ka" boat is at our dock - m\v Sloboda

Mike and Nicole on m\v Sloboda
 We were pleased to see Mike and Nicole on m\v Sloboda pull up to our dock. They are the people who gave us our Ford Kar back in 2013! That was in Paradise Village Marina. This was when I needed a new hip replacement. This little car came in mighty handy.

Beginning of May 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán
Our Ford Ka! in 2013.
We had a good talk with Mike, Nicole, Debbie and myself....we thanked them again. They are waiting now for a weather window to cross The Sea and eventually head to San Diego, CA. They both look great and you can tell the boating life is definitely agreeing with those two.

In the grease pit with Jack and the VW 2008 Jetta

Myself and Jack in the grease pit.
We brought the car back to the Pemex lube station and Jack says this is his favorite spot to bring his SUV for lube etc. We were also recommended to this place by Robert the car agent. We got the Jetta over the pit and Jack knows the guy so he let us go below into the pits. There are three bays and all are connected under ground.

Beginning of May 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico


There are also racks of storage for filters and there is even an office. Each pit has its own walkway to service a car.Jack and I checked out the plastic rock shield that is hanging off one side of the wheel well. We want to re-attach it so Debbie and I do not have to buy a new one. We wrote a post on this lube center before. So the guy does the work, real easy job and we give him a tip and we are done. We get a price to change the transmission fluid and filter and that's it. Another successful car outing with a tip and smiles. Like the way it is done here in Mexico.
Ok, how many guys does it take.....
Jack in the pit, me in the background.
The man making it right!

VW Jetta went to the suspension shop for a check up - 2017


Recommended by a friend Jack who is a surfer and goes off road to some out of the way surf spots on a regular basis.

Mazatlan Organic Market - 2017

A bunch of us went to the Plaza Zaragoza Organic Market the other day.
It may be the last one of the season (or there may be one more),
so it seemed kind of small but still fun.

The way to go sport fishing...they know how to do it in Mexico! - 2017

Sitting on our boat watching these guys go out sport fishing with the band on board! They come back the same way 😎

Last day of April 2017 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico