Well the time really has come, the sun is slowly setting on our long long sailing adventure. DD and I have lived and sailed aboard our boat for almost 11 years, the longest we have been away from the comfort and security of our paradise afloat is 6 weeks to roadtrip and visit family.
This time we leave for a bit longer, we are exploreing a new area for us, looking for property in the cooler mountains of northern az, so we can build our next dream a 100% off the grid eco-home on a good bit of land. Snowbirds??? you ask? umm no world explorers need a home base ya know and after a decade of answering "where's home?" only to answer home is where the boat is.(yes that just brought tears to our eyes) It might be time for a small home base to "come home to"
Oh we will still have the boat and will be making regular trips down to Mexico to maintain and refurbish the old girl.
Imi Loa turned 50 years old this March, a 50 year old catamaran with a legacy of Speed and Fame....Fortune and Glory kids..... she is just as beautiful as she ever was, and she still sails like a dream, she has safely, taken us to many many paradises, and she is certainly not done yet.
So We have done our best to wrap our beautiful little boat, lots of cleaning lots of tears and lots of "oh we need to fix that when we get back". She will be just fine I think, she is far stronger than we are.
As for us .... we want to say thank you to everyone we have met along our adventure, everyone who has come over with a story about this old boat, every friend we have made, every person we have shared the dream with and has enhanced our lives.
Thank you our many friends, it is with heavy hearts and tear filled eyes we say see you later, not goodbye , we will see you all again soon.
Lots of Love Doc and DD
and remember the next adventure is always right around the corner

PBYC you ask???? the Poor Boys Yacht Club of course, membership Fees..... a 12 pack to share, Getting in is easy, getting out ...... takes a lifetime.
With friends like these..... well glad we have friends like these.

Well the time finally came, we went in to ask Gabriel the yard manager what day was going to work best, only to be asked " can you have your boat in the docks in 15 mins?" Ummmmm of course we can, our boat is 17 ft wide, the docks 18 ft wide.......6 inches clearance each side? Of course Doc can drive that in straight with a 15knt tail breeze and place it right in the slings. Actually thats exactly what we did , Denise and our friend Bruce on the bow to guide me( or I never would have made it) and next thing you know we are flying both hulls at .5 knts.
We barely fit in the Docks , we barely fit in the slings, but the yard is huge and we have pleanty of room and met some great new friends.
Bottom Line...... The boat is parked 6 inches of the ground wrapped up and ready for a well deserved rest,and a little refurbishing.

Do you know where your limonada comes from? Ours comes from a garden tap on the side of a cart pulled by a donkey. I LOVE MEXICO !!! By the way 10 pesos (.75usd) for an icey cold limonada big enough for us to share.

So for those of you wondering why I have my hands on the shoulders of this fine young statue of David, shame on you. I kept the more risque pictures hidden.
Who doesnt want there pic with the statue of David? This is actually the 4th time I have had my picture taken with the statue of David, and yet never the real one, I think maybe he doesnt exsist, he's just an idea to keep the ceramic statue industry alive.
So yes this is a barber shop, duh! as you can tell. When the barber asks you if you speak spanish....... just smile and nod, it doesnt matter if you speak fluent spanish or mediocre spanish or NO spanish ,,,, your getting the same mexican looking haircut he gives to every guy who comes in... and you'll like it! but for $4.00 how bad can it be? lets leave my pics offline for a few weeks huh?

So this was not here last year, but the malecon improvemnets are just about done , as you can see we are anchored in 15 ft of crystal clear water and being watched over by the new whale shark statue. Speaking of shark we finally saw our hammerhead.....after hoping to see one while diving, the 10 footer who lept out of the water next to our boat made me re-think that idea a bit. We ended up seeing 2 hammerheads in one day between Loretto and San Jaunico. A little bigger than you think they are, trust me .