La Cruz
19 December 2017
Rory and Emily wanted to go mountain biking at Sayulita, a few miles up the coast. They found a company who had a number of mountain bikes and set off by bus. They arrived to find that the bikes were broken so they set off on foot and had a splendid hike in the hills. They went to the beach at Sayulita and it was really busy, this is the busiest time of year for visitors apparently. Most of the people were in the 20-30 age group and there were a number of surfers, but this was not of interest to Rory as apparently there were so many novice surfers who had no clue about the etiquette of who goes first that it would have been frustrating and potentially dangerous to rent a board. Rory had been successful selling his board that morning after posting it on the board in the yacht club at the marina. The radar was not operating properly so Rory went up the mizzen mast, took off the dome and found that the drive belt had come off and a setscrew was loose on the motor shaft. It seems to be working fine now. I am going to miss Rory who has been wonderful crew, always willing to get it done whatever the circumstances and Emily, always good at managing the sails and providing meals for us.