Off to sea!
03 April 2015 | 60 nautical miles south of Zihuatanejo
Kristy
Well we finally weighed anchor and departed Bahia de Zihuatanejo! By the time we left, there were only about four boats remaining in the bay, compared to the 40+ boats there a month ago. We took that as a sign it was time to move on.. Tim returned from Victoria with a whole bunch of new parts for the boat so we were busy getting Candine ship-shape for this next leg of the trip - 2700 nautical miles south to Easter Island. Among the goodies he brought were a new radar scanner, a new motor for the windlass, new hose for the watermaker, fans for our bunks (it's hot out here!), maple syrup, and a fair amount of peanut butter. Tim simply cannot live without peanut butter. With all these new parts we had a fair bit of work ahead of us. The only problem is, it's really hot in Mexico. And the beer is really cold. So inevitably after a few hours of work, someone suggests a beer break. One beer turns into two or three, and well no one is really motivated to do much work anymore. So it took us a little bit longer than expected to leave the bay, but we finally made it! Austen jumped in the water with the hookah surface supply to give the hull a good scrub. Sitting in tropical waters for as long as we did means the hull was basically it's own ecosystem. I helped by sitting on my paddle board and scraping as much of the hull as I could reach with a scraper tapped to a broom handle..despite sailing thousands of miles, I'm still quite afraid of the ocean..or rather I have a healthy respect for all the weird and wonderful creatures in it.. Speaking of weird and wonderful creatures, as Austen went from thru-hull to thru-hull evicting all the fish that had taken up residence, he encountered an octopus living in the raw water intake! This was definitely a sign it was time to move along.. We left last night at 9 pm after running around getting our exit papers. The Port Captain told us we had to go to Immigration at the airport first, and then when we got there they informed us we had to go to the Port Captain first. After everything finally got sorted out, we packed and stowed and here we are! About 60 miles down, 2640 miles to go...