Sailing??

We have been working on the boat all summer, and only sailed to Santa Barbara.  Currently Leif is finalizing the wiring so the boat will pass a survey for Mexico insurance.  We got an inflatable kayak which has been a total blast to paddle around, it should be fun when we're down south.  The hardest part is getting out of it and on to the dock, rather looks like some weird yoga pose, with the kayak always trying to escape.  Next to try to fish out of it in the harbor.  Slowly we are adding to the "stuff" we are taking, and the boat is filling up, next is clothing and food supplies? 

The stern extension work has begun.  Leif will make a template, then mold, then the part, then add it…

Preparations



Now this is what Catalina is supposed to be like!

 We are finalizing our preparations, Leif just finished the water maker installation and we drank our first sample yesterday, not bad.  He turned the boat around in the slip so he can finish the transom extension soon.  He has made so many improvements, I can't wait to use them.  We also checked out our new navigation software, which seems to react with the auto pilot, so we are now looking at filters for both.  We hope to be on our way to Baja in late October or November.  More to come, this is just a practice for me to load info onto the website. This is Emerald Bay, Catalina, some months ago when it was peaceful.