Sorry for not posting for such a long time...excuse...I was so busy working on the boat and not cruising, I thought it would not be as interesting. I'm sure some of you would enjoy my trial and tribulations, so I suppose I should've have posted a couple info updates. I got so relaxed working on the boat, I almost thought this was part of this seasons cruising. In my previous life I would get all stressed with the amount of work I had to do. But for some reason (maybe the manana attitude) I took my time and enjoyed each and every day. There were some setbacks, and then there were great days of accomplishment. When the time came to drop the the boat in the water, I was a little reluctant to accept it. I've spent almost 2 months climbing up the ladder to my land based condo and was getting quite used to it. Anyway, my first night on the water was a dream....nice little movement of boat rocking gently and the boat sitting level, versus the bow lower than the stern as it was on the hard. The anxiety level about all the systems working properly was through the roof. As I got on board and checked for leaks and found none and then started the engine, it was working as should be. Transmission went into gear and the boat moved into reverse and out of the haulout slip. Then I put it into forward and scooted out into the bay doing over six knots. My new folding prop works better than I thought it would. Right now I'm cleaning out the interior of the boat so I can start putting the stuff I had in the storage bodega back on the boat. The boat is sitting so high out of the water right now, I might take it out for a quick sail to see how it performs before loading on weight. I will not put everything back on the boat so as to keep it a little lighter than before. We had a nice Thanksgiving here at Marina Singlar. Of course I had to carve the turkeys and I even got an extra 15 pound turkey and cooked it in my boat oven just in case there wasn't enough at the potluck. Turns out that there was enough, so I had the pleasure of eating a lot of turkey sandwiches. I don't know where I will be for Christmas, because I won't leave here for another week. Now that I have 3G computer hookup, I will try to add a post while underway to Mazatlan. Happy Birthday Jesus.