registration

It's official! We have registered with the Baja Ha Ha committee. We are stoked! We have made great progress on our boat the last few days.

The sea spray skirts are finished and I only have a small amount of sewing left on the "porch." (oh and a cover for the hard bottomed dinghy...will have to think on that one a bit). Neil has a little bit left to go before we paint and seal everything. The rest will be placing items here and there for better distribution.

We have paid 2 weeks in advance here at the Marina and hope to have everything ready by then. We may have a week overun.

We hope to spend a good couple of weeks anchoring out to test all our new equipment. The other day the power went out at the dock. Neil was sanding and drilling while I was sewing. The radio and fridge were on with the use of the inverter, and the sun was out. We were able to work and keep a charge coming in. This was so exciting because our solar panels were cranking out the juice faster than we were depleting it! I know that this was special circumstances but nonetheless exciting to see we can still function relatively well for a period of time. The real test will be a week or two off the grid, so to speak.

If all goes well we will start to sluggishly sail south hitting a few key places here and there before the Baja Ha Ha starts in October. We hope to play tourist in southern Cal and just have a fun relaxing time.

I will be posting pics of progress to the blog as well as our website later this week along with a few videos.(if time allows!).