We yanked her out got the bottom painting done and added a boot Stripe. Looks good.
Driscoll's was very helpful of the pull out and receiving the new motor and stored until needed.

Got the new motor from Al Holzer from Schooner Bay Marina, Bayfield, WI 54814. Well a fully refurbished motor. Looks and runs great. Nice to have it in finally. This was the right way to go. Had we gone to the Perkins or Westerbeke I think to many other modification would be needed. This slipped right in. Matching perfectly with the existing motor mounts.

Now we are on to patching the sails and getting the new instrumentation in. Slowly getting this sinker back on the open sea. We've got all the leaks done and new wiring and bilge pumps.

When we hauled out to install the motor we got new modules installed for depth temp and speed. As well bottom paint and got the survey done. All is coming together.

Looking forward to see how she sails. Gone With The Wind

We sold Negotiator and bought a Hunter 36 Vision. For fun we will experiment with this boat and see where it went south on sales. It seems a logical change but no rigging make sailors nervous. Even me. What do you hang on to when its rough/ Do you adapt and lean in. We shall see what this boat ( Gone With The Wind) Can do.

This sinker needs some work. We'll get her up and running or tacking in no time.

The weather is changing. We ahve spent many cold nights on the Negotiator but we are ready for the warn breezes of San Diego and get back to cruising around and get back to Catalina.

Looking forward to swinging on a ball for a couple months this summer. And do some easy sailing in San Diego Bay. I'm not fimilar to traffic sailing so it should be interesting. Always sail in open waters.

We had a great sail down to San Diego Bay from Mission Bay. Good wind but seas were rough with a mixed swell. But Ok that is part of the fun. We got anchored off the golf coarse on the south side. Trip length was 3.5 hours Typical anchor drop for us. Wind was howling and we pulled anchor twice finally set good but double anchored to be sure. Also added some snubbing to get better chain angle. Hey I wanted to have my wine and relax. And watch the other boats drift by. Nice boat parade. Ha Ha. Another learning experience. This is a great anchor spot with beautiful views of the Hotel Del Coronado and the harbor. Bring a dingy or some tender really need to go a shore and check Coronado out.

Good winds at the the race this year. Had about twenty plus boats. We had about a crew of ten but didn't effect the speed much. We had numerous mistakes this year as we slipped from third to fifth after the third tack. We made bad mistakes with position and up wind speed. The captain needed to be flogged !!.
Oh well next year.