11/21/2009, Ensenada, Mexico
Hopefully this will be the final test over the SSB.
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11/20/2009, Ensenada, Mexico
Once Lene and Hendrick were checked in with customs, we had a delightful lunch and returned to the marina so they could get some rest. As we had bought a kilo of shrimp at the local fish market, we invited them over for a dinner celebration the two of us making it to Mexico safely. It was a great meal telling stores and sharing laughs and jokes.
Today, we headed back to the Port Captain to get ourselves checked out. Yes, I know, we had just gotten here and we were already getting checked out for leaving. They give you a 48 hour window for leaving so this allows us to leave anytime till Sunday morning. That was when we thought the weather was going to be best for our getaway. They made a misstep with us at customs and we had to go back again in the afternoon. Oh well, we have nothing better to do but wait in line.
On for another excellent lunch where we had eaten on Wednesday. With drinks, our bill got to $4.00 for four tacos and two bottles of coke. Can't beat that deal with a stick. Back to Zephyr to finish making some new dock lines and then up to shower. Tomorrow, finish the installation of our Hyrdovane(put on the rudder and run the control lines to the cockpit) and work on the SSB getting our new email program up and running. With the SSB, we can send and receive emails while hundred if not thousands of miles from the nearest land. I have a lot to learn to and now is a good time to learn it.
More to come.
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CONGRATULATIONS on being in Mexico! What a journey and accomplishment! We read your news with delight.
Susan and Bill
11/20/2009, Still in Ensenada
OK, I'm back. Hopefully I won't get cut off this time.
We left for Port Townsend at the end of July after working almost straight from the end of April. Port Townsend was to correct electrical problems(we'd already melted all 6 house batteries and the inverter/charger. We also wanted to have all the standing and running rigging changed as 27 year old rigging can't be trusted for off shore cruising.
I won't bore you with the rest of the sordid details of what happened next. For that, go to our old blog at svzephyr.blogspot.com.
We arrived in Ensenada on Wednesday and headed for customs. We moved from window 1 to 5. Then back to 1. On to window 2, then 2B. Back to window 5 and finally over to window 4 where you push a button to see if you will have your boat searched of not. Luckily, we passed with a green light.
Off for the bank to get pesos and then to a street vendor for a wonderful lunch of tacos at all of 75 cents each. Not a bad deal. Back to Zephyr to get settled in. We'd been met by Jay off Moon Angel when we arrived. We'd originally met he and his wife Benita while we were wintering in Brownsville, Washington. a great couple that invited us over for homemade ice cream that evening. It turned into a wonderful evening of great fun and laughter.
On Thursday, Dana showed up. She's a boat that was made in Denmark by a great couple(Lene and Henrick) of cruisers. They have been out experiencing the world for several years. They've already gone around the cape at the South end of South America. We met them in Nanaimo Harbor up in British Columbia back in May as we headed North to Alaska. We seen them again while we were in San Diego a few days before and now they were back with us again. We took them down to customs and got them all checked in and then took off for lunch.
Ok, I have to post this before I get cut off again.
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11/20/2009, Ensenada, Mexico
For those of you that are just finding our blog, we have been posting at svzephyr.blogspot.com(no www is needed) for the past 18 months, ever since we moved on board our boat in Newport, Oregon. There you will find all the good, bad and horrible that we have gone through getting Zephyr ready for her big adventure. We bought our 1982 Shin Fa 458 cutter in Birch Bay, WA just over two years ago and moved on board at the end of April of last year. Since then we have been either working on her or moving from place to place learning as we go.
For an education on what it takes to make a boat right and ready ofr etended cruising, give our old website a try. It will be an education for those of who think that being on a boat and doing full time cruising is "living the dream". Many times, it is living the nightmare.
I've got to end now as I'm about to be logged out by the server.
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11/17/2009, Ensenada, Mexico
Here's another test
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11/17/2009, Ensenada, Mexico
This is just a test transmission from our SSB to make sure we can post a post to our blog site. Let's hope it works.
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