11/13/2011, Marina Seca Guaymas
Hello to everyone, we are at last back aboard Picara and everything appears to have survived the heat of summer. There are larger gaps around some cabinet doors and a weirdly melted rubber glove but no bugs and mostly dust-free down below.
It is nice to reconnect with folks we met last year and more people are arriving daily. There are the usual range of projects and unrealistic time lines. We hope to be floating in another week or so. We just put the first coat of bottom paint on yesterday and are prepping the top sides for a fresh coat. We have had great success finding all of the supplies needed including a late-night antifouling delivery by a couple of very friendly Mexicans.
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Comments [12]
We miss you tons and are happy to see your post.
Lv, C&D
Wishing you a great Voyage to be continuied and sending you Greetings fromPort Mc Neill.
A & K
This is your former neighbour growing up as kids. I am completely amazed to find this blog. We actually bumped into you guys in the Broken Group last year. We kayaked up and talked with Marni about our own plans with our Niagara 35. You must have been below!
Wow. Drop me an email!
I was flipping through some of my photos from the trip and found some I took of you coming in under the Golden Gate bridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2490560/1/Picara?h=81be66
I hope all is well with you :)
It will all be worth it once you get on the water.
Take care,
Jen Fran
Big red rocks...
Take care
J, S, R and J
Glad to see you back aboard Picara for another season and looking forward to hearing which way you're headed this year. I miss the color of Baja mountains. Hope all is well!
Randall
Aboard Murre
Nawiliwili, Kauai
www.murreandthepacific.wordpress.com
04/26/2011, Mariina Seca Guaymas
After a week on the hard we have done lots of socializing and a little bit of work, and finally packed ourselves up for the journey home to work for the summer.
This is our last night on Picara! We will miss her but be glad to see everyone at home!
Thanks for following our maiden voyage and for all of your comments and encouragement -- see you soon!
Marni and Mike
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04/26/2011, Guaymas, Sonora, MX
On the afternoon of April 20 we pulled into the haul-out slip here at Marina Seca Guaymas on the south side of the harbour. The approach is somewhat shallow and shoaly on either side but luckily we had done a reconnaissance mission earlier, and talked with Gabriel the yard manager so knew the way in.
The yard here is dusty but has a great feel about it -- I don't think that there are any two boats that are the same here, and homebuilt steel boats are well represented so we fit in well.
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04/16/2011, Caleta San Juanico
We spent a week in beautiful San Juanico, sitting out one strong blow in its protected waters, meeting some great new friends and exploring the area on foot and underwater.
Now we are in Guaymas after an uneventful overnight crossing of the Sea, getting ready for Picara's 'hibernation' and the trip back home!
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04/16/2011, Caleta San Juanico
Walking along the beach we found these tiny little flowers were growing on a leafless bush tucked amidst other spiky dry plants -- you could easily walk by them without noticing.
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04/16/2011, Puerto Escondido, Baja
We left Isla San Francsico and visited Bahia Agua Verde and a few days later made our way up to Puerto Escondido, a very protected bay considered a 'hurricane hole' but where we shockingly had to pay to anchor in the main bay!
We got up early one morning and hiked up a nearby canyon where seasonal rains have carved out interesting rock formations in between the giant boulders. At one point the route involves crawling through a short cave underneath the boulders, creepy! But spectacular scenery the whole way along.
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