Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
17 May 2011 | Puerto Los Cabo Marina
Fred
Well all my crew are here and we sit in the very expensive Puerto Los Cabos burning up hundred dollar bills. But we have cable TV with all of 4 channels, ESPN, CNN, TNT and CBS New York news. We also have internet and a good loncheria, Gloria’s across the channel. Great fish tacos the other day (she was closed but welcomed us in and said she would cook for us) and today great cheese enchiladas (2), chicken enchiladas (2) and a cup of refried beans and rice each, both the best yet in MX.
We accomplished a list of boat chores and tomorrow will test our chain plate leak cure. Out of 3 tubes of silicone on board, 3 were hard and unusable. I think that they have been on the boat too long as they were unopened. Fortunately the boat yard has a small store and we bought a new tube. Water test tomorrow afternoon while we washdown.
I also called my good friend Norm Reynolds who has made this trip more than most guys and he told me to stick close to the beach from Cabo up to Mag as there is less current and wind and some swell protection. I remember that he did that last year and we left the same time but went more on the rhumb line to Mag and he beat us to Santa Maria by 10 t0 12 hours. We will keep one foot on the beach and see what happens and I will report after we get to Mag or Santa Maria.
Fletcher barbequed some chicken that he put onions and KC BBQ sauce on and Bob mashed potatoes and cooked asparagus. Tomorrow we will hoof it into to town so I can go to the ATM and get some more hundred dollar bills, stop at the French Bakery for coffee and croissants, and then to Mega to add to our stores in anticipation of being able to get underway sometime Thursday. Looks like we can get to Mag Bay and maybe Turtle Bay before the next cold front comes roaring down. About 5 of us piled up here waiting and more on the way.
Yesterday we took a road trip but I will post that one later as it is time to give Penny a call and get to bed with my Ipad book Warlord.