Hello all,
Im back in lapaz still after hosting mom and dad for a week. They were a pleasure to have aboard because they are already boat people and did not complain about not having a shower for a week.. or a door on the head... The fish also got the memo that mom and dad were onboard and we ate them every night. This mahi mahi looks like the one we caught bashing to isla sanfransisco, but in fact, Kevin caught it with his bare hands in the shallows after spotting it on top of a ridge and running down it (which was gnarly), getting directions from the spotters on top of the ridge... and tracking the fish down and throwing it up on the beach. A video is worth a thousand words. Stand by for that.
Agent Rone
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NICE FISH! You're learning the ways of the Pescadoro young grasshopper. Hope all is well with you down South. We miss you back in SEATOWN brother. Pura vida por todo su vida!
Hey all,
I just got back into town from the islands. These are rooster fish. On this trip I took my first step towards becoming a jedi pescadoro. I learned how to throw a cast net and catch my own live bait. I caught lots of fish and learned the different ones here and how good of eating they are. I caught a manta ray and fought it for a half an hour. (of course I released it) I also made friends with lots of cool cruisers and learned a lot about them. Two guys in particular were master fishermen and both Kevin and I got schooled properly. I had an epic second half of my sail back to Lapaz today. I sailed off of the anchor and after about an hour of going slow decided to motor sail. But after a couple of hours it picked up out of the NE and I ended up on a beam reach going 6+ kts and sailed all the way into the anchorage. That was what its all about. I had a huge grin on my face the whole time.
Eric
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Wish we were there, sounds like a great adventure. Keep posting, cheers
-Joe & Becky
Hey all,
This is a fish trap that was made by some firstpeoples that fished on isla partida. I dont know about it yet but I am going to look it up. The trap is totally under water at high tide and closed off at low tide. I think the fish got funneled into the trap through the "y"s on either side.
Eric
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Hello all,
First I would like to say "DHL has been very un-professional and I would not do business with them again". There was only three four letter words in that sentence and if this were not being broadcast there would have been more. To make a long story short I got dragged over the coals getting a package to here from tacoma. It will have been in guadalajara for one month tomorrow and they are charging me about half its entire value in duities. Kevin had better luck with DHL but was still unimpressed. Boooooo. Anyway, the fix is going well. We ground it down a lot on both the inside and the outside and laid up lots of mat and rove (up to double didgets now) on the outside with polyester and with pleanty of glass and epoxy on the inside and Ill be darned if this doesnt do the job. Feliz navidad!
Eric
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Stepping Stone - like the kickin' rocker by the Monkees?
We're missing you up north, clear blue skies and sunshine I'm sure we share, but you've probably got about 40 degrees warmer wind my friend.
Merry Christmas Eric, I hope your adventures have been enough of a gift, it must be tough to get a care package down to you...
Much love from the F-dub.
Agent McGuire out
hey all,
I am thinking of changing my blog url to something with Secret Agent Man or SV Secret Agent Man in it. So if I find out how to do that congradulations on finding the blog again. This is A picture of "Stepping Stone" a mapel leaf 48. On board are my friends Elias and Sarah and their daughters Kimberley and Savona. They are super cool and the first real young people Ive met out cruising so far. Sarah also makes the best tacos Ive had in mexico so far. They want to leave today for the islands but it is windy out of the north and they are debating the costs and benefits of beating up there... They are headed south soon and I will try to catch them because they are distinctly cifferent form some of the older cruisers i have come across... In a cool and pure way. Anyway if you guys read this I hope you are well.
Eric
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Go easy on the old guy cruisers. I resemble that remark. You dad gave me your new blog address so that we can keep up. We're still on track to leave here in July of next year to head south.
At least it was a mission to cap it. We parked the dingey really far away and did some proper scrambeling up to a ridge, and some proper bouldering a long the ridge. It was really cool, and the next photo is of our boats and the bay from the top. My boat is the second dot from the left.
Eric
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This is John and Julie - not sure if you remember us - but we met you at the Container in San Jose de Cabo on Sunday, November 15. You asked us for a light and wanted to talk to some english speaking people.
You gave us your blog and just came across your note with the address and decided to check you out.
Sorry to hear about your boat - hope you get everything fixed up and back to sailing soon enough.
We look forward to following your blog.
Safe travels.
J&J
It is so cold and dark here in the Pacific Northwest!
I just saw your folks and sister at the Antique. They told me to look you up because I was asking about your trip. Looks like you are having a great time minus some cracks! Your blog reminds me of one of my favorite books... Hemingways "Old Man and the Sea". If you haven't read it, you should! It will make you appreciate your boat ;)
Hello all,
Here is a view of caleta partida from the top of the cone. The top was really wierd. There was some huge boulders right at the very peak, and not very many that had fallen off. And the huge boulders seemed to be a different rock from anything else on the cone. Any answers? Mr. Foley?
Eric
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Hey all,
So this is after I dremeled out the crack in order to dry it out. I did go all the way through and the spot where the crack was was a lot thinner than most of the rest of the hull which could be some of the problem. I cant help but wonder if a previous owner hit something in the past that could be related to the old fix we found.
Eric
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Hey all,
Here is a close up of the crack. The moisture towards the bottom of it is because hector hosed the hull down this morning to get a lot of fiberglass dust off from the grinding.
Eric
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Hello all,
here is a pic of the hull ground down. After close investigation it turns out that the keel has been fixed before in a similar way. So what I am going to do is glass the heck out of it.
Eric
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Tom
Hey all,
This was another beutiful draw/canyon that gives an Idea of the kind of bouldering we were doing. As usual the photo does not do justice to how cool this place was.
Eric
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Hey all.
My friends and I were stuck on this one.... Anyone have a line on it? It was in a sort of a draw but it seemed protected from water flowing dowm it. There were hundreds of cool caves on isla partida. There are some that some first peoples lived in that were in ensinada grande which I didnt make it to But I want to and will see hor long it is going to take to get the boat back in the water.
Eric
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Honeycomb weathering, also known as fretting, cavernous weathering, alveoli/alveolar weathering, stone lattice, stone lace or miniature tafoni weathering (Mustoe, 1982) is a type of salt weathering common on coastal and semi-arid granites, sandstones and limestones (Mustoe 1982). Honeycomb weathering is not limited to natural settings and can be seen to develop on buildings where a rate of development can be established. This rate can be as fast as several centimeters in 100 years (Mustoe 1982). Honeycomb weathering occurs throughout the world from the polar regions (French and Guglielmin 1999) to the equator. There are two distinct types of coastal honeycomb weathering intertidal and supratidal.
For honeycomb weathering to occur, a source of salt is needed because the basic mechanism for this kind of weathering is salt heaving. Salt is deposited on the surface of the rock by saltwater spray or by wind. Moisture must be present to allow for the salt to settle on the
Intertidal honeycomb weathering is found on horizontal planes in rock within the tidal zone. This type of honeycomb weathering is limited in its growth by the rate of evaporation from the sun. Once the depressions have grown large enough that the sun can not evaporate all of the water left in the gap by the retreating wave, the holes are as large as they will get, because the salt can not dry out and wedge grains apart any longer.
The cause of the characteristic honeycomb pattern in supratidal areas on the vertical plane is still under debate. Some geologists b
Hello sports fans,
So I guess I have not posted about this yet so here is the report. I gig grind down and epoxy the leaking area in the keel last time I was in town. I then had quite a bash getting up to caleta partida. I looked at it when I was under way and it started sputtering and leaking right away which was a bummer. Then I got all settled and slept the friday before last. I woke up at three in the morning to check if I was where I was supposed to be, because It was still windy, and put my feet down into water and soon found that the boat had many many gallons of water in it. I pumped it all out and saw that the leak was leaking way faster than before. The next day while spearfishing off of the boat I looked at it and saw that there was a big crack and I was going to have to haul again. This is a pic of what it looked like out of the water and it has since been stripped of paint and ground down. I am going to glass the heck out of it and possibly inject some resin in the crack. So thats what Im up to these days.
Eric
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Hello all,
Back in Lapaz i am going to haul mi barco again tomorrow. I am also going to get some kittens tomorrow and will post more on this later. Secret Agent Man is now dockside at aboroyo boat yard and i am anxious to gdet the leak sorted. I do have lots of photos of isla partida but you all will have to bare with me on the rate at wich they are posted.
Eric
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(Mark--we were inspired by you to try out the Spanish!)
Hope you get everything sorted in the haulout.
Hello all,
Well Im back in lapaz after a week in the islands. Isla Partida and espiritu santo are awesome. Kevin and KT and I capped every singls peak that could be seen from the anchorage. I met up with dick and cindy metler for the first time on the trip which was nice. I brought them over some sierra makerel and had dinner last night and got to catch up. I also got pretty good at spearfishing and the freediving that that requires. I am really good at clearing my pressure and can get down to about 30 feet now and spend some time down there. The anchorage was very nice. There was some huge rays and a really big sea turtle that cruised around the whole time. Here is a picture of caleta partida.
Eric
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Hello all,
I will be taking off for isla espiratu santo tomorrow. I have my park pass and my spear. Kevin and KT left this morning as did Amy so I am on my own now. Kevin and KT are going to be in the ensenada partida which is the best anchorage on espiritu santo and I am going to try to call them on the radio and see how long it took them to get there and what it is like. I have seen brian and erin's pictures of it and it looked epic. They went there and didnt leave for nine days but we would like to check out some of the other anchorages as there are a dozen or more on the west side. But partida is the only one that is protected from both northerlies and the coromel (sp?) which is big breeze out of the southwest due to the desert heating up. Yes mom there are great aggate beaches on espiritu santo and isle san fransisco and I will try and check them out for you. Good luck Amy on your travels It was really fun to spend these few days with you.
Eric
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Here is secret agent man on the hook in lapaz bay.
Eric
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