Since we have been back in the bay we have been busy from morning till well, lets call it 7 ish? haha!
Neil has been finishing up all of our wiring. We had some temporary hanging wires overhead that got re routed and put behind the walls. A few other misc. re routing and no more dangling wires. The lazzerettes now have straps for our storage bins so no longer will they shift on a heel. I think I have mentioned before that Neil's back is just giving him fits right now so he is not doing a lot of lifting or bending but he can do wiring and the kids are the go to for tight spots and being the gophers..."go for this, go for that."
Stewart hopped in the water yesturday with Neil's hooka and put a zinc on for us and did a light rub down. He is really getting the hang of it, although as with myself, will be more incined to hop in when the water is a little warmer. It was good practice and we are very proud of him for helping out the family like that.
Katie has been dad's little monkey wrench and official puppy sitter. This may not sound like much but with puppy's and projects going on, it can be a full time affair. She is also quite the cook! We are very fortunate people to have such great and helpful kids.
I have spent my days here, epoxy priming, sanding, painting the hull, the trim and now the topside. It is a slow going process but when it is done ....haha, it is never done! I swear it is a vicious circle only to be repeated at least every other month, but only the touch up. It has been a long awaited project that I have been looking forward to for over a year. All of our modifications are done, and it is nice to see the topside all one color again. Hey I know we will all miss the mixed blue primer, brown, epoxy, and I think ther was even some red in there...but now, I am sorry to say, she is all white!
Still so much to do. We have extended our stay a few more days as the weather as soon as we got here turned cold and windy!
This marina thankfully is a bit more sheltered than MBYH was, but still windy! I am thankful to the sun who has been faithful at making his appearance everyday helping me out!
I have to say that this marina is a lovely place to be. I think there are at least 3 or 4 other boats here that are doing the Baja HaHa this year as well. This is a sailor's marina meaning that the people here are sailors, rain or shine, wind or no wind, hard core...haha.
The attitude of this marina in the beggining was the whole reason why we took our first heavy old boat out of the slip with no engine, and no lessons just desire to sail. We got her out and "Ka Pow!" we were hooked. With the encouragement of a few when asked, "We have no engine, how do we get her out?" the reply was simply "she's a sailboat isn't she? Sail her out!" And we did!
Any other marina we have been to has not shared such great enthusiasm as this place. It is so refreshing to hear people walking by and commenting on how great she looks, how excited they are and how many others have made the journey; even some as far as doing the puddle jump. Not that I needed this bit of boost from others but it is surely a nice change from a lot of negative statements of how crazy we are....boats too smaill...that looks weird....blah blah blah!
So with our ego's boosted and everyone (the family)pitching in, we will do just fine. We hope to be done with everything by Friday. This includes storage and getting rid of the car. Soooooo with that, I am off again to spend another sunny day listening to my IPod and working the brushes! Dos Cerveza's Por Favor! Ha Ha! (no but really, dos!).
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