Looking out to Bahia San Carlos
Well, we finally have everything! We are packing (me somewhat frantically) for our planned Tuesday Dec. 4th departure. Cinnamon and I had quite a spat today when I insisted on putting his halter on him so he could get used to it. He demonstrated with several bites, one of which penetrated the skin, that he did not like it one bit! It will be a small miracle if everything fits in the Subaru. Greg was very restrained with his clothing - me not so much. He says we are going camping and to be prepared to rough it. Six months is a long camping trip.
Sharing a table with a 335 sq ft sail is a little challening.
Greg decided to cut down Comocean's old gib to fit Gitana and he hopes he estimated the height correctly. It's amazing what you can do with a Sailrite machine and an old sail in a small cockpit. The only casualties where a few broken needles.
After thinking about how difficult it can be to find fresh water in remote cruising areas we decided to uninstall the water maker from Comocean and cart it to San Carlos to install in Gitana. I wouldn't want to do this every year, since damaging the membranes would be very expensive, but it will delay the outlay of several thousand more dollars. Silly me, I thought I was getting a "sail-away ready" boat. We have invested several thousand dollars so far purchasing the things that Greg believes are absolutely necessary.
After a couple of stops to visit family we will be heading down 395 and hopefully reach San Carlos by Dec. 10th.
After a few weeks or so in the yard getting her shipshape we look forward to a planned visit with friends in Puerto Penasco (northern sea mainland side) and hopefully see our Mulege friends in the spring. We would love to have other friends join us if you would like to see Mexico.
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