We are at our new slip in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico. We were gone for 6 months and nine days. We spent five months at anchor at various anchorages. We removed the SUP and dinghy and are getting ready to cover up the boat for the Summer.
Passage from Barra de Navidad to Puerto Vallarta - Spring - 2021
On our passage to Puerto Vallarta we stopped at three anchorages along the way..
We spent the first night at Tenacatita . Then we sailed to Perula (Chamela ) and this video (one of two) of that sail. Seas were 3-5' and winds about 11 knots. Quite nice over all.
Leaving Barra de Navidad soon for the Aquarium and on up North - 2021
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Paddle board ready for passages North from Barra de Navidad - 2021
Our Starboard 2017 Atlas EXTRA Starlite 12’0″ x 36″ SUP is up on the rail ready for our passages North. If we were doing overnighters we put it on the fore deck but these passages are all day ones.
Re -varnishing the trim on steps, nv station and head - first coat - 2021
The first coat is on and I will add another in a day after a sanding with we #600. Then we are ot to sea again heading North so that will end the varnishing for a while.
Debbie re-built the bottom of the Honda outboard cover to fit the hydrofoil - 2921
Debbie finished putting on the dot fasteners on the outboard motor cover bottom. She had to re-engineer it because we add hydrofoil to the motor. She re-built the bottom of the cover to fit the hydrofoil. Nice job and a bunch of work.
Re -varnishing the trim on steps, nv station and head --2021
These are like hand rails for navigating the companion way steps.
The gloss trim on some areas is getting dull because off all the use so it is time to spruce them up. I varnished these trim pieces back in 2013 so nine years ago.
Cleaned up the cockpit sole and the grate - 2021
Mirage 5000 btu window AC unit still working out good - 2021
This system has been working out good for the last two years.
This we made a cardboard pattern for and had the pieces cut out of wood at a carpentry shop in Colimilla (little village) by the Barra marina. We store it in the trunk of our car in Puerta Vallarta and store the car all cruising season.
Stern stainless and hull clean up - 2021
I am cleaning\polishing the stainless and will do the stern cleaning\polishing. After months of anchoring and the dinghy up on the davits dripping salt water etc the stern was looking tired. We will not be using it for davit\dinghy stuff or dropping the stern steps again till next Winter. A spiff up next fall and off we will go again!
Debbie is marking up the new grab rails covers she is making - 2021
Debbie is marking up the new grab rails covers she is making. There has been lots of sewing
going on. Debbie already made three solar panel covers this last week!
A year ago Debbi made the front sail cover mod - 2021
A year ago today here in Barra....
This sail cover modification Debbie made to our stack pack made a big difference in our whisker pole handling while at anchor for our flopper stopper. It has worked great for the last year. It does need some Sunbrella backing for the twist fasteners as they are marking the mast. They do not stay aligned with the track all the time. We (Debbie) will do that this Summer.
May 2021 - currently in the Marina Puerto de la Navidad (Barra Marina) ,Mexico I finished painting the SUP - Starboard ATLAS Extra - 2021
I finished painting the Starboard ATLAS Extra paddle board! It came out well, not perfect like a new car but good. A few drools and a bug or two and I could have used another can or two of paint. That is all the paint they had at HD, 5 cans of appliance epoxy paint. But it looks good and it is just a paddle board after all.
Danny on s/v Cyclades lent me the respirator and spray can handle which really helped.
Danny on s/v Cyclades lent me the respirator and spray can handle which really helped.
Isla El Bajito for lunch in Barra de Navadad Lagoon - 2021
We, Deborah and Danny on s/v Cyclades, Cari and Ken on s/v Bula and us, Debbie and Chip on s/v Elegant'sea had lunch at Isla El Bajito. It is and island in the Barra de Navidad lagoon. It gives a different perspective to the whole lagoon\Barra area. Quiet and nice. Debra and Danny tried out the hammocks.
Honda 2000 generator - we serviced and decommissioned it - 2021
Debbie cleaning up under the Pullman berth storage area, or is she trying to get away!
Finished servicing the Honda 2000 generator for the summer storage and decommissioned it.
Finished servicing the Honda 2000 generator for the summer storage and decommissioned it.
New TV Bestisan sound bar installed - 2021
Half of paddle board sanding completed - 2021
Got half of the Starboard 2017 Atlas EXTRA Starlite 12’0″ x 36″ sanded. Used 80 grit then 120 grit to remove the paint. Using a DeWalt Random Orbit Sander. Then went over the area with wet 320 by hand.
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