Sailing on Starshine
| Vessel Name: | Starshine |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Outbound 44 |
| Hailing Port: | San Francisco, CA |
| Crew: | Pat and Melodie Williams |
| About: | We have been "working the plan" since 2004 when Pat began taking sailing lessons. That lead to a few sailing vacations on sailboats. Melodie took some classes too. We purchased our boat in 2011. |
27 February 2019 | Alameda California
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan to San Francisco
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico
01 May 2018 | El Cid - Mazatlan
09 April 2018 | Marina Mazatlan
07 March 2018 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
23 January 2018 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
04 December 2017 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
24 October 2017 | Oakland, CA
04 September 2017 | South Lake Tahoe CA
04 September 2017 | Culver OR
04 September 2017 | Culver OR
04 September 2017 | Redmond Oregon
17 July 2017 | Polson Montana
31 May 2017 | Our new Camper in Ira Texas
04 May 2017 | Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit Mexico
04 April 2017 | La Cruz Anchorage
12 March 2017 | Chamela Bay
12 March 2017 | Tenicatita Bay
18 February 2017 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
Recent Blog Posts
27 February 2019 | Alameda California
Goodbye Starshine
Melodie and I have accepted an offer on Starshine. We close escrow on March 8, 2019.
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan to San Francisco
The Baja Bash
Preparing for the Baja Bash (the trip north from Mexico to California). They call it “The Bash” because the prevailing winds and waves are from the northwest. So you are basically going uphill (if that makes any sense).
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico
Summer 2018
As many of you who have followed our blog over the last four years you’ll note that I have not given it any attention since last spring. So let me fill in the blanks.
Back on the Boat
17 September 2015 | Marina San Carlos
Pat - Hot
Today is Thursday September 17.
We drove down from Dewey AZ on Saturday September 12 and stayed the night in Green Valley AZ. We wanted to divide up the trip since we have never driven to San Carlos Mexico before. We were anxious about crossing the border and wanted to make sure we arrived in daylight.
We left Green Valley at about 10:00 and made it to the border in less than one hour. We got the "green light" so no hassles with the various boat supplies we were carrying.
We arrived at the boat about 4:00 pm. We made good time with light traffic. The speed limit was mostly 60-65 MPH and I obeyed it all the way.
We found the boat just as we had left it, except in the heat of the day, without a sun shade, it was almost 100 degrees inside the boat. We quickly got the air conditioner up and running. Now it's a bearable 78-79 degrees inside. We put up the sun shade over the boom to help keep the cabin cooler.
We found our VHF radio is on the fritz. We can transmit, but it receives poorly. I took the unit to a neighbors boat and found the same symptoms. I suspected our mast antenna, but it turned out not to be the problem. We will take the radio into town to see if they can fix it. We'll probably just order a new one and get it next month. I have to return for a final doctor visit in October for my hand.
Remember our bad alternator? It crapped out on us in May in Puerto Escondido. We've been running the spare. I caught a ride with another cruiser to the local Alternator Shop. Everything was going well until they cracked open our Ample Power 120 Amp unit. It looks like a normal Delco model, but has super duper stator windings. They were unable to fix it with the parts on hand. It was easy to see why it doesn't work. The stator wires were cooked. The tech worked on it for over an hour, but didn't charge us for his time! We'll add that to the October list.
That's all for now. We're trying to keep cool despite the afternoon temps in the high 90's and high humidity.
We drove down from Dewey AZ on Saturday September 12 and stayed the night in Green Valley AZ. We wanted to divide up the trip since we have never driven to San Carlos Mexico before. We were anxious about crossing the border and wanted to make sure we arrived in daylight.
We left Green Valley at about 10:00 and made it to the border in less than one hour. We got the "green light" so no hassles with the various boat supplies we were carrying.
We arrived at the boat about 4:00 pm. We made good time with light traffic. The speed limit was mostly 60-65 MPH and I obeyed it all the way.
We found the boat just as we had left it, except in the heat of the day, without a sun shade, it was almost 100 degrees inside the boat. We quickly got the air conditioner up and running. Now it's a bearable 78-79 degrees inside. We put up the sun shade over the boom to help keep the cabin cooler.
We found our VHF radio is on the fritz. We can transmit, but it receives poorly. I took the unit to a neighbors boat and found the same symptoms. I suspected our mast antenna, but it turned out not to be the problem. We will take the radio into town to see if they can fix it. We'll probably just order a new one and get it next month. I have to return for a final doctor visit in October for my hand.
Remember our bad alternator? It crapped out on us in May in Puerto Escondido. We've been running the spare. I caught a ride with another cruiser to the local Alternator Shop. Everything was going well until they cracked open our Ample Power 120 Amp unit. It looks like a normal Delco model, but has super duper stator windings. They were unable to fix it with the parts on hand. It was easy to see why it doesn't work. The stator wires were cooked. The tech worked on it for over an hour, but didn't charge us for his time! We'll add that to the October list.
That's all for now. We're trying to keep cool despite the afternoon temps in the high 90's and high humidity.
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