"If you can't repair it, maybe it shouldn't be on board."
- Lin and Larry Pardey


The photo above shows some supplies I have collected before driving down to Mexico, and attests to the willingness of the captain and crew of S/V Ubiquity to repair the boat.

Our plan: Drive to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, where S/V Ubiquity patiently awaits us in Marina Seca, having endured the hot Sonoran summer on the hard. Move the boat to the work yard at Marina Seca, and work on the boat for two weeks, preparing her to splash once again in the water in which she feels at home. The captain and crew drive back to Portland in December for the holidays, then fly back to Mexico in January to finish preparing S/V Ubiquity to continue cruising the Sea of Cortez.

We will reunite with the boat this coming week and begin making up for her neglect. While on the hard we will make some minor repairs on the bottom and apply several coats of anti-fouling paint, plus attend to myriad tasks required to maintain and re-commission a proper sea-going boat.

Our reward for working mornings in the hot Sonoran sun will be margaritas, and sometimes a swim, in the afternoon. Ubiquity will find reward in knowing her crew is bringing her back to condition to once again cruise the Sea of Cortez and then sail again on the biggest ocean in the world, the misnamed Pacific Ocean.