Stateroom hatch pull replaced, finally - 2018

Making some adjustments. 

We previously had written about replacing this hatch pull as we removed it.

We are here at San Blas Fonatur Marina- and it has no power\water - 2018

It has been two days since we arrived. 

Yesterday we were in town getting some ice cream and WiFi and heard sirens. 

Debbie making straps with dot fasteners - 2018

We wanted straps for the traveler lines and main sheet

to hang them up on the dodger, keeping them away

from the seating areas. 

Leaving in a weather window for a passage to San Blas, Mexico on s\v Elegant'sea - 2018

We have a weather window this Thursday the 25th so we are heading out to San Blas, Nayarit. We will sail all day, all night and most of the next day. As you can see, we put up the eisenglass on the dodger as it is cold at night out at sea, here...now.

 January 2018  -  Tied up in the El Cid Marina Mazatlán, Mexico - but not for long!

Handle replaced on the Oceanair Roller Blinds Skyscreen in our stateroom - 2018

Our Oceanair Skyscreen in our stateroom over our bed

had a broken handle on the screen side.

Amidships blue LED light on - 2018

It is really sunny out when we took this picture. You can, however, see the blue LED light strips working.. I had to put a yellow rag over the photo sensor to get them to turn on for testing.

Mermaid 12,000 btu HVAC unit has been re-ducked - painted and filtered - 2018

  This is the HVAC duck I re-purposed. In an earlier post we explained that I have re-ducked the 12,000 btu HVAC. To make the grate look better I painted the 12,000 btu Mermaid Marine Air duck that goes from the unit to the grate from gray to black. 

Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - amidships blue LED light wiring functional - 2018

These deck\anchoring lights are ready to light up

These lights are on the Kyocera Solar KD-135GX 135 Watt 12 VoltSolar Electric Panel on top of the dodger.

Mermaid 12,000 btu HVAC unit has been re-ducked - 2018

 This black paint we purchased here at Home Depot in Mazatlán, Mexico. I will spray the gray ducking that shows through the A/C grill.

Cockpit teak grate gets a coat of Teak Wonder - 2018

The teak grate got a wash job with soapy water with a small amount of bleach.

Debbie installed some new refer lid seals - 2018

 

These seals we purchased in the US.

Amidships blue LED light partially wired - 2018

This is the wiring we did for the blue LED light strips on the dodger solar panel.

Smith's Pocket Pal Knife Sharpener for our small serrated blades - 2018

January 2018 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

I purchased this knife sharpener

Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - blue light strips attached - 2018

 I am installing the two TritonLED SeaStrip 20" Waterproof Boat LED Strip 12VDC BLUE that we purchased from Amazon. There is an earlier post on this.

SUP purchased: Starboard Whopper ASAP - on the boat (s\v Elegant'sea) - 2018

Here I am signing off on the Starboard Whopper ASAP paddleboard at Paquetexpress.

As we posted before, we purchased or Starboard Whopper paddle board from Pacific Paddle Board in Bucerias Mexico.

Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - chain locker wiring - 2018

The bow anchoring blue photo sensor actuated light has now got the switch added.

This allows us to dim\flash at different speeds or turn it on\off. Now at the marina we can completely turn off the blue LED light strip under the bow roller or if we want to sail at night or haul anchor and get under way at o-dark thirty.

Wiring terminal block with C-Pap machine(s) - re-wiring - P 3 - 2018

Here's how the old ResMed C-Pap machine sat in the cabinet.

emergency house sit for local friends in penthouse condo!, made for a late start - 2018

 We are helping some local friends with a medical emergency by penthouse condo sitting along with watching Sasha, the dog (seen bottom of picture) and Krishna the cat. As you can see we are not suffering! We will be heading south within a couple weeks!
 This did mess us up a bit for cruising south. We had some bad weather which delayed us yet again and gave us later than usual start. 

1\5\2018 - Tied up in El Cid Marina, Mexico

Starting battery stops installed to prevent shifting - 2018

 This one of the four teak strips of wood I installed on each side of the starting battery box. Each strip has two screws. This will prevent the battery\box from moving in heavy seas along with the tie down strap.

 January 2018  -  Tied up in the El Cid Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

New Found Metals Deck Wash Angle Connector(s) - installed - 2018

I have been wanting to upgrade the Newfound Metals blue hose
connection to this newer curved one. It is much easier to plug in
and remove than our straight one.

New Cockpit cup holders for replacement - installed - 2018

 The new cup holders I installed the other day.It is surprising how little things like these cup holders we purchased make such a nice difference in the look of the whole cockpit. Keeping up with the little updates is important as it seems like they easily can be left by the way-side as the larger projects take over.

David Yacht Services (David) up the mast - 2018

For a change we decided to let someone else do the work.

Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - Stern light up and running - 2018

 In an earlier post we explained how we tested these lights and photo sensors.