Another Haulout???
02 January 2010 | San Blas, Nayarit
Gabriellas grandpa
Talked to my darling nieta yesterday and she again said do another post to my blog. I don't know how Susan from San Diego can influence my granddaughter, or maybe it's grandma Pat again. Anyway Gabriella my dear, here is another post......do you have your hankerchief ready. My one and only problem with changing my whole drive system has been the alignment, prop, or shaft. I had it professionally aligned in Mazatlan and was told my prop might be out of balance. I did a quick dive on the boat in murky bay water and discovered my 2 part strut was on it's way to becoming a one part strut. So I tightened up the 2 bolts and ran the boat in gear and thought that would solve the problem. Needless to say it didn't but it did help. It still vibrates a little too much for my satisfaction, plus I detect water ingress at the strut bolts. So tomorrow morning I will haul out here at the Singlar in San Blas (headquarters for all bitiing insects) and try to fix the problem so I can use my sweet, lovely new Yanmar engine. It's an unexpected expense (20+dinners) but I will suffer through it with class. I am currently sitting on the boat while it is raining lightly outside and the current is running at four knots with the blue moon and astronomically high and low tides. Yesterday, I hiked up to the old fort on a hilltop overlooking San Blas. They say it is the first Spanish fort built on the west coast of Mexico. I'll add pictures of it in the gallery. I hope to be out of the water for just a few hours and then on my way to Puerto Vallarta for a Costco run.