Search This Blog

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Hanging out in La Paz

Our 5 days at the dock have flown buy so fast. Have hardly gotten any reading done which is what we do when everything is done. Have been out for several evenings with other cruisers and busy during day getting food and doing boat chores. Things take longer to do as we generally walk everywhere here and you have find out where everything is.
I shortened my forestay bottom plate that holds stay in place for roller furling. When I changed it in Vancouver just before we left I did not get it quite right. That took most of a day.
Installed another fan in cabin. Improved reefing arrangment on boom. Also several other small items that we never got done in Vancouver, but we had to go as season was getting late.
Yesterday (Monday) we hauled the boat out Marina Del pelmar to replace the cutlass bearing, as it was worn. It has always been a problem because the person who built the boat distorted the stern tube a bit where it was welded as it goes through the skeg. So I have to cut the cutlass bearing an inch shorter and shave down one end to get it to go in which takes a few hours. Also changed the zincs while boat was out. I finished assembling everything this morning and we were back in the water by 1030 am as they were in a hurry here.
We motored out into the bay a bit and anchored and this unfortunatly was the windiest day we have had at La Paz as a norther was blowing down. Lot of chop in the bay and we are expierencing the La Paz waltz as its locally called beacause of all the tidal current and the wind. The bearing sounds better now, at low speeds it would click.

No comments:

Post a Comment