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| Good bye Pacific Northwest rain |
Change is the only constant. And so sadly I am back in Mexico without Scott. We have remained friends but will not be cruising together any longer. I hope that it will mean that we are both happier in our lives moving forward. I am slowly adjusting to the change in the status of our relationship. For me the reality truly set in as I returned to Kialoa and started recomissioning her after she spent a long hot summer in dry storage.
I left Victoria on a rainy October morning and flew into Hermosillo, Mexico. From there it was a two hour bus ride and a short cab ride to Kialoa. It was really hot in Guaymas. I was lucky enough to be greeted by cold beer and friendly faces on Searover II and Greybeard.
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| Kialoa needed some cleaning up |
Guaymas had been hit by Hurricane Newton in September and there was extensive damage to the Marina Fonatur docks and sadly five boats sank during the storm. Luckily for me all the boats in the dry storage yard were fine and Kialoa was undamaged but in need of a good scrubbing. Did I mention it was really hot in Guaymas. So I got some work done in the morning and then it was 34 degrees inside the boat and hard to move so not as much got done in the afternoons. However I did have a bit of a deadline as my brother Jay was coming to sail with me for a couple of months and he needed a place to sleep. I had to get the cabin cleared up.
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| Jays first day, trying not to get sunburnt |
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| Searover II getting a face lift |
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Launch day for Kialoa. She has her fresh coat of bottom paint
on and I am touching up the spots that could not be reached
when she was in the stands. |
Jay only had to enjoy boat yard life for one day and then we were in the water. We spent a few days in Guaymas checking out some of the Day of the dead festivities, provisioning Kialoa and finishing up the recommissioning. Life in Guaymas is nice and there is fantastic street food but as I think I mentioned it was hot in Guaymas. So when the boat was ready we decided to head for somewhere we could go swimming, which is most definately not the water in Guaymas harbour.
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Some of the reasons for not swimming in the water. In the background is an
old abandoned factory that had a big fire one night and seemed to start up again
every night. The fire trucks would just come back every morning and put it out
again..... |
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| Just one of the large elaborate shrines built for the day of the dead |
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| Mexican rock, who knew. It was good but very loud. |
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| My tall skinny friend |
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| Underway, blue sky and sunshine :) |
First stop was San Carlos, where I got to see my friends on Dreamcatcher. We spent a couple of nights anchored in Bahia San Carlos. The day we arrived there was a definate change in the weather and it cooled off quite a bit, however it was still nice and we had a chance to do some snorkelling.
Next stop was Bahia San Pedro, 15 miles further North to get positioned for crossing the Sea of Cortez to Santa Rosalia on the Baja.
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| Fish boat or bird rest? |
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| Searover II pulls into Bahia San Pedro looking good! |
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| Gratuitous sunrise picture. |
