In the final stretch
12 June 2018 | Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Bill/sunny and HOT
We are in the final stretch for getting out of here. The last few days have been getting the deck cleared of everything. Outboards, generators, sails, etc. It all had to be stowed as we spare having the boat shrink wrapped. It's quite dusty here so to avoid all of it coming on board or coating the deck, we opted to have it done. It's what the workmen have been doing all day and are still working on as I'm typing this (1640). Well past the normal working times. Open at 0600 and close at 1400 when it's just to hot to work.
Yesterday, they showed up and pressure washed the deck. We've never seen it so clean. Before they showed up, we hauled down to the car the first bags of things going home. It didn't take long to fill it up and there is still lots more that needs taking down.
Earlier in the day, yesterday we had the engine flushed with fresh water so no salt water will be left in it causing problems later. Salvador and I fashioned a suction like cup to go over our thru hull and pumped water in with a garden hose. The thru hull has a screen over the hull to keep debris from getting in the engine so we needed something to cover the intake that would do the job. Salvador told us we were the first people to do this. To us, it only made sense. Seeing it done and recognizing the importance of it, he's now adding it to his list of things to suggest to customers. Salvador's a great guy and a credit to his yard(he's the yard. Manager).
Since we had restricted access to the boat this afternoon, we took out laundry over to the laundromat and got it done. We put in in the car before all the work started.
Tracy is emptying and defrosting our main fridge/freezer as I'm typing this. She's finding all kinds of goodies that we'll put in an insulated bag to take with us. We already have big chunks of ice in the Engel freezer and can pick up more ice at the hotels along the way.
Not sure if we will get it all in the car but it's going to be packed. Heaven help the kids over the next couple of days traveling. They haven't been in a car in a long time
We now have two outboards stuffed in the stern head and a generator in the main salon. It's getting crowded in here. I'm off to give some of our food to the neighbors--if we have a ladder to get down that is.