Keith, late December, 207
12/27/2007, Marina Seca

As I made arrangements for the tractor to pull Singmeaway back to the hard, this huge sailboat was on its way in. Once again I'm heading home just as the sailing community is heading off to adventure. The word going round was that any very large deep draft boats had to get into the water that day or wait until April due to seasonal low water conditions at the San Carlos Marina. The only alternative would be to to drop the mast, truck over to Marina Real (which evidently has a deeper ramp), raise the mast, and then launch. Much more expensive and difficult. I don't know if he made it in as I was on the road home by around noon. And here I am, unpacking and slowly getting back into the swing of things here in Tucson. Until next time.

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007, San Carlos, Marina

This is where the boat sat the entire time it was in the water except for the short sail I accomplished with Jake and Anne. Having it there gave me a measure of legitimacy at least in my mind. You could see it at the end of the ramp dock during the yacht club Christmas dinner (commencing with drinks at 1:00 p.m.).

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007

I was able to walk the dogs half-way across the harbor from this spot.

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Keith, late December, 207
12/27/2007

I think I am a sun worshiper. Like the ancient people or something like that. Watching it come up and go down are my favorite times of day. When traveling generally and cruising on a sailboat specifically, there are often great sun watching experiences. When working, I sometimes miss the sunrise and often miss the sunset because the work is dictating the schedule. Litigation doesn't give a damn about that aspect of nature. My camping spot was situated so that I caught the sunrise from one side over the marina and the sunset from the other side behind the tetas. The placement of the sun (you know it rises and sets more or less north or south depending on the time of year) was right on center of both from where I sat. When you got all that going on nature-wise, you know you are where you should be at my brothers and sisters.

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007

I only got to sail about two hours during the entire 5 day winter trip to San Carlos. Interestingly, however, I met more friends in that short period than I have in the last 5 months. I took the dogs with me ocean sailing for the first time this trip. They did pretty well. This is Anne as we head out of the harbor cruising downwind on just a slip of foresail. It was so windy, I didn't want to overdo it on their first real sailboat ride (second for Jake, see entry way below on now sold Hobie One and of course the entry about the failed zodiac entry operation less far down) so we came in after only a short experience on the water. All in due time.

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007, San Carlos, Marina

Jake and Anne, my trusty crew. Jake is ready for adventure as always. Anne, not so much. She'd rather be with us than not, but isn't too happy about it. My baby girl did just fine, crawling into and out of the cabin through the companionway steps. Good dogs.

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Keith
12/27/2007

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Keith
12/27/2007

While all the other RVs were in little rows in the town's RV parks, I drove right to the water and stayed there for three nights without complaint by anyone that I know of. The police drove by several times and never even raised an eyebrow. Eventually Kevin from Canada and his dog Boomer arrived and joined me in Kevin's "dog house" camper. The fishing is supposed to be good around 5:00 p.m. this time of year and folks came by to fish along the shore every night. By the way, I know I'm not actually sailing or cruising in some of these blog entries, but traveling to San Carlos and living with the cruisers for a few days is all I can have for the time being. Before long, I will be living the life with them. Until then, I'm a cruising groupie.

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007

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Keith, late December, 2007
12/27/2007, Marina Seca, San Carlos, Mexico

And there she is. Waiting to be sailed. And not too much worse for wear having sat there since August and then since May. A little rust here and there, but that's to be expected under the circumstances. There's something so enjoyable about meandering through a dry storage area for sailboats. All the different designs. All the adventures had and waiting to be had.

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