tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36087510811571710052024-03-27T16:19:36.445-04:00SY Sari TimurSY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.comBlogger648125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-6112773844456791062024-03-17T17:26:00.003-04:002024-03-17T17:32:37.786-04:00Our New Wash Board<p> Just finished with our new wash board. We took the storm window off of the port side. And decided to cut a new wash board for the main companionway. The plexiglass is only 3/8 inch thick and the slot is just under an inch. So we needed to find some trim board to make up the space. While we were in North Carolina we scoured around to find a lumber man. We found Mr Bill Jones who not only had some nice cherry wood but he also planed it to our exact dimensions of 1/2 inch by 1 inch. For those not in the know when you buy a piece of lumber the size dimensions are pre planing, so a 2 x 4 is much smaller than 2”x 4”. We finally finished the fitting out and varnishing. This wash board replaces the top two and allows much more light into the boat. It is also easier to go in and out than the three board system. It is not perfect but we are very happy with it. Of course now we have to sand and varnish the companionway!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0zBh_SAvq3cEEG1gRbMxo9QBzH_Yc5yW-UoWNOAIA41njnXit28QPJefwWh40osemaR97EPIOlBoHXB2pDUy1wxWO7XwLPANWFk49WMUZvt-u3n75F24XhrZQqWfqNenqFRDJrINnYFIxQWXRlQO6I9T2X4Mymb0WjEiXLKi9DPM5efKvoaTVQm_ayYv/s4032/IMG_7536.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0zBh_SAvq3cEEG1gRbMxo9QBzH_Yc5yW-UoWNOAIA41njnXit28QPJefwWh40osemaR97EPIOlBoHXB2pDUy1wxWO7XwLPANWFk49WMUZvt-u3n75F24XhrZQqWfqNenqFRDJrINnYFIxQWXRlQO6I9T2X4Mymb0WjEiXLKi9DPM5efKvoaTVQm_ayYv/s320/IMG_7536.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Looking In</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGNiTncq2KgOWE1aGMkBTk5L1YprIAjndTn2boeaJQyXnD5iV62j-_4P7OJNjimsbGncQC6kEl8PuIryoGaLVwp4VpGzKYw-YKPW8o8ed0apCl8VoPh7K2cPIQKIYZPV16r423frj03R5kDQpUYyjT7ut1K3CJ8b0pmiginwhXWbnwHUf3Qd9bWabmqOG/s4032/IMG_7537.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGNiTncq2KgOWE1aGMkBTk5L1YprIAjndTn2boeaJQyXnD5iV62j-_4P7OJNjimsbGncQC6kEl8PuIryoGaLVwp4VpGzKYw-YKPW8o8ed0apCl8VoPh7K2cPIQKIYZPV16r423frj03R5kDQpUYyjT7ut1K3CJ8b0pmiginwhXWbnwHUf3Qd9bWabmqOG/s320/IMG_7537.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Looking Out</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-AjRudlHfjLYb5HrWfVqPE1g0vEqoRlaMSldAcP40YQ0d1VUKLgr9ej74q6ZuVrVroC13ziFt1xVc-W-uVr5WOkVDWQ1-F3LVnmQ6TvD5NEVZ6hAr3hkVcrkR9yOv5MJfjjm1kNwWxfbsN9IuzrOYXpZ7JGbn7csENWHE1Ti4lX9DOlcr114YTxH4ojt/s4032/IMG_7527.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-AjRudlHfjLYb5HrWfVqPE1g0vEqoRlaMSldAcP40YQ0d1VUKLgr9ej74q6ZuVrVroC13ziFt1xVc-W-uVr5WOkVDWQ1-F3LVnmQ6TvD5NEVZ6hAr3hkVcrkR9yOv5MJfjjm1kNwWxfbsN9IuzrOYXpZ7JGbn7csENWHE1Ti4lX9DOlcr114YTxH4ojt/s320/IMG_7527.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Itself on the top step</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-49056879735588643202024-03-06T14:14:00.001-05:002024-03-06T14:14:01.241-05:00On Our Way Home<p>We just spent a week in North Carolina visiting Mark’s mom and dad, his sister Laura, brother in law Steve, nephew Jacob, Jacob’s wife Baylee and daughter Emersyn. Great time catching up with everyone and staying on the farm. The only regret was the trip was a little too short but it will be nice getting back to Sari Timur.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-73914691889361743322024-02-25T18:50:00.004-05:002024-02-25T18:54:47.952-05:00New Bimini Canvas<p>As we said in the last post, we were going to take some time and renew our Bimini top. Well, we finished it enough today to put it up. There is still about a day's work to finish off the accessories (the pieces that go between the dodger and Bimini and the piece that extends aft) but it is up and we are bragging. Good job Pauline, on her first ever Bimini!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM6SuJOKrI47kOokMlUJ6YIhhykVteg6-ONuQKrXL1EOo64bfnaK0VS6KjppGOmdcL_QyJCIv-Ik6dgyIeO7REOXLqcj61w6hCRkGxe7QSH7i-4CwxPzF0bFaBXY8jzdW2TjwidELvQODKDnQA8BifKKO7g2sazs3NFV7jGxJ7PeZ0EY7BxR5DyAUfj6M/s4032/IMG_7518.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM6SuJOKrI47kOokMlUJ6YIhhykVteg6-ONuQKrXL1EOo64bfnaK0VS6KjppGOmdcL_QyJCIv-Ik6dgyIeO7REOXLqcj61w6hCRkGxe7QSH7i-4CwxPzF0bFaBXY8jzdW2TjwidELvQODKDnQA8BifKKO7g2sazs3NFV7jGxJ7PeZ0EY7BxR5DyAUfj6M/s320/IMG_7518.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql0KTljurjx93f5oLDOItxzE5QmeZw7dTqVoPRGjX2rwdjMXO_lFyLaBgBPcsdxtx8gtvWvORVEUhHLJTXpMYObQmVwuhe8IrRXRCi95gdVpyj9bzbCT0cjG5nWNUxeRHI126JgzfOTLpmCSJwz04KUkuZ7NAukSNEv62wR2W35iqzC_wpi0w2_vpVdIu/s4032/IMG_7519.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql0KTljurjx93f5oLDOItxzE5QmeZw7dTqVoPRGjX2rwdjMXO_lFyLaBgBPcsdxtx8gtvWvORVEUhHLJTXpMYObQmVwuhe8IrRXRCi95gdVpyj9bzbCT0cjG5nWNUxeRHI126JgzfOTLpmCSJwz04KUkuZ7NAukSNEv62wR2W35iqzC_wpi0w2_vpVdIu/s320/IMG_7519.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFkF1Td-bdelC-0jV8RaByBUDRw4SpWJAb-bMWZNBLhZzbAx74c9qgZPgES7gzxWAGCT9jsCPJenFx9PbOo8BFAlo_FP2-jXtuBR2ps01wWy6u-G4F66LD3pjqK57PznZivXLYior_Q4BQn9lIU5PkER1UGeSWgYOV4ufEMXaZCm-k3nQ8nwO6kryNRco/s4032/IMG_7522.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFkF1Td-bdelC-0jV8RaByBUDRw4SpWJAb-bMWZNBLhZzbAx74c9qgZPgES7gzxWAGCT9jsCPJenFx9PbOo8BFAlo_FP2-jXtuBR2ps01wWy6u-G4F66LD3pjqK57PznZivXLYior_Q4BQn9lIU5PkER1UGeSWgYOV4ufEMXaZCm-k3nQ8nwO6kryNRco/s320/IMG_7522.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-55452352517673651592024-02-20T10:14:00.005-05:002024-02-20T12:06:39.118-05:00La Bufadora<p>We are still in Ensenada. A rather long story is behind our decision to stay but the short side of it is that Pauline’s dad went into the hospital and we didn’t feel we could be away for the three weeks to a month it would take before we could get back to civilization and have access to an airport. One of the biggest dramas of cruising remote locations with aging parents but we decided there were a couple of projects we could knock out while we were here. The biggest one being a new Bimini cover.</p><p>Yesterday we had planned to try and make a major dent in our Bimini project. All good plans can get sidetracked however. In the morning our neighbor came over and asked if we wanted to go to Costco and Walmart. Since it is quite a distance from the marina and he had a truck, we said yes. Well, we did more than grocery shopping. He took us sightseeing. We drove across the bay to Estero Point and La Bufadora. Estero Point is a large resort and community and La Bufadora is a large blowhole or maybe a blow wedge about 17 miles south of Ensenada. As there were no cruise ships in it was a perfect time to go.</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIGRqa7sYRUq-KSCd6gPkFuKqG_75zxN0mlzUuY0_thpSEeVq7TUKj6-yNAg9b5_rbfjLSwryYT0P6AWlmtRyJMw_HYHl1FMDRjwtL8Ks9XXDqlKCULaLqx171G2uQ3c0g-8oWmwA32jYosSXNrSlgDW9zL276z3w9KK9Yex-BCf3X0eakBqiKtc3iB1T/s4032/IMG_2474.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIGRqa7sYRUq-KSCd6gPkFuKqG_75zxN0mlzUuY0_thpSEeVq7TUKj6-yNAg9b5_rbfjLSwryYT0P6AWlmtRyJMw_HYHl1FMDRjwtL8Ks9XXDqlKCULaLqx171G2uQ3c0g-8oWmwA32jYosSXNrSlgDW9zL276z3w9KK9Yex-BCf3X0eakBqiKtc3iB1T/s320/IMG_2474.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of Estero Point<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7nMZudG64cjsUS3-4yIVXIXcWmiR-l_cl76pz1CQY1zvFqhqiestgMBl28ZcAAiy9noUxcvKNp4tYprgQd6tDKyHyq_FlIoL6mX8sCWJuTErgybglGmOsLChyphenhyphenlpuMcQgJccTVwVMQ7BPdR0uNH4q2pYiGrvilJQiWqSVPWbuGkniXcGcTmSuJybjQqmT/s320/IMG_2488.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbor Scott and Mark at the restaurant </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyfgQD-ij9RR8FrAP0QhXk9DANMT1SUGksYI2WwaLdiCftWcqI7VKWk7jeOgObXql1fKXCK7RKEaQuh8KVT3CEKP9Rq5-SA0hnuw-4HhM2eWIHMyLNAxcDmB8s4sFWZHYnpWqs-67yxdsI9cYl3IMu2Nua2Mb0ZfLj8xZjYesfXMZn4JUMN06Dl7gF_zi/s4032/IMG_2478.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyfgQD-ij9RR8FrAP0QhXk9DANMT1SUGksYI2WwaLdiCftWcqI7VKWk7jeOgObXql1fKXCK7RKEaQuh8KVT3CEKP9Rq5-SA0hnuw-4HhM2eWIHMyLNAxcDmB8s4sFWZHYnpWqs-67yxdsI9cYl3IMu2Nua2Mb0ZfLj8xZjYesfXMZn4JUMN06Dl7gF_zi/s320/IMG_2478.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-37896884599540988282024-02-03T11:19:00.001-05:002024-02-03T11:19:28.645-05:00Back in Ensenada<p> Well Pauline arrived back on Thursday the 25th of January and Mark arrived back on the 31st. Sari Timur survived without us. Pauline’s mom has recovered pretty well and her parents are doing pretty well for their ages. Pauline’s father turned 97 while she was there. (Mom turns 97 in May). </p><p>Mark’s trip was successful though a lot longer than predicted. The weather was pretty favorable for this time of year. They basically had one bad day each way which is phenomenal for this time of year. Anyway we are now back getting Sari Timur prepped for going further south. We are waiting for a package to arrive Wednesday and then the next weather window we will take south to continue our trip down the west coast of the Baja. </p><p> The distance to Cabo (the bottom end of the Baja) is just under 700 nautical miles but we will do a few stops in some rather large bays on the way down so we will have to go over 800 by then.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-63031700215942536352024-01-06T13:31:00.003-05:002024-01-06T13:31:47.930-05:00Small Update<p> We were planning to leave and head further south just after the New Year (Mark wanted to watch the Rose Bowl). Pauline’s mom had some health issues and was hospitalized twice in quick succession, so we felt an unplanned trip to Singapore would be good. Then Mark got a job offer so we extended for another month. The good news is Pauline’s mom is home and doing pretty well for her age. And Mark in her absence was able to touch up the galley varnish and varnish the two forward deck hatches. And of course Michigan won the Rose Bowl. </p><p>Mark leaves today to head back to work and will be taking a tug from Seattle to Long Beach and back. So that is twice running the gauntlet of the Pacific West Coast in winter. </p><p>Pauline is staying for her Father’s 97th birthday and may stay for her sister in law’s birthday as well. So Sari Timur will have to fend for herself for a week or so. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and wish everyone all the best in 2024.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-44704669734409629412023-12-07T08:26:00.004-05:002023-12-07T09:27:46.423-05:00Plans Change<p> Well an update to the previous post. We just extended our stay in Ensenada for another month. Mark got a call to help take a tug and barge from Washington up to Skagway and back. Since the cruising kitty is a little light we jumped on the offer. It is for only about two weeks so he should be back for Christmas. Mark had to take taxis back to and across the border but the process went smoothly. Pauline had to keep up the Sari Timur line and joined the other cruisers for two for one margaritas!</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-32619179830916355322023-12-02T17:52:00.003-05:002023-12-03T20:04:41.087-05:00Ensenada <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We have been here just over two weeks. We paid for a month, but we are starting to get itchy feet and will probably leave near the end of next week. We have been relaxing and getting small jobs done. We wanted to tackle a couple of bigger ones but this marina is very touchy about working on your boat here. We did get the cover fixed on the starboard lazarette. We made new spreader boots and installed them on the mainmast’s lower set of spreaders. We installed the new masthead light. We purchased a speargun for when we get a bit further south. We are working on the guards for the water maker. Celebrated Thanksgiving. Tried the margaritas at the supposedly original margarita bar (a few establishments claim this throughout the country). Had several street fish tacos. Fantastic and under a buck and a half each. And of course have started learning Spanish. As usual Pauline is way ahead of Mark at picking up the language. But he is persevering and hopefully can order more than a cold beer or margarita before the New Year! All in all we are having a great time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AFw3FcHhmZOpr3bHSY0yFiiB90SRgE_wBLgUqaZVi8LuqLyZM_3dIYJ5O5QG61mM6Yy_w-ZF5WsDfNdzwnsd5eeC4C1J3Vws9tXtfV22KupkEeR3ds988WRXJBwA_QCGkZHFqsL8Ehzb7d8x5iyrHK-6NoJnpWI8tAZ7WeWKW4MbVnWMn68UbpUsHO7r/s4032/IMG_1554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AFw3FcHhmZOpr3bHSY0yFiiB90SRgE_wBLgUqaZVi8LuqLyZM_3dIYJ5O5QG61mM6Yy_w-ZF5WsDfNdzwnsd5eeC4C1J3Vws9tXtfV22KupkEeR3ds988WRXJBwA_QCGkZHFqsL8Ehzb7d8x5iyrHK-6NoJnpWI8tAZ7WeWKW4MbVnWMn68UbpUsHO7r/s320/IMG_1554.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">The original? Maybe, but pretty damn good for certain</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8hqT-wHFNkt1xp31hA230Z-FZt4KuLBI6AJfZlr8oRJj-BnHO2jd-kDrmWNoJM-vbZaCZYy0aTSi_lFNvv6pBVR4k3OOY7iGpTPPf4Fq1VYXuGcPxUA78rEOEUcEJRAZJPvXtbUIHHjddgYNW6-SBJS29vjE6UTjA1qj7O-cTKhyphenhyphenWACt0lNOSz385Zw4/s4032/IMG_1630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8hqT-wHFNkt1xp31hA230Z-FZt4KuLBI6AJfZlr8oRJj-BnHO2jd-kDrmWNoJM-vbZaCZYy0aTSi_lFNvv6pBVR4k3OOY7iGpTPPf4Fq1VYXuGcPxUA78rEOEUcEJRAZJPvXtbUIHHjddgYNW6-SBJS29vjE6UTjA1qj7O-cTKhyphenhyphenWACt0lNOSz385Zw4/s320/IMG_1630.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMkGLLECv0XFs797rUpUDeOvqga8IRZg0EQEDtQ1tely9lSCXUDDtOPfQjKq6iby0qhG2KpXWj0uu2fTjlvCa8jl8nx_1iZpxboAkxu4UfNv3iXcs5p4hqLIRq_UOcKgQGqOHC0FlIdW1GT9sdeyL5JQWR5DjkOUkcDCJVl0QfQSSAh11kNga_wkRjqNU/s4032/IMG_1631.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMkGLLECv0XFs797rUpUDeOvqga8IRZg0EQEDtQ1tely9lSCXUDDtOPfQjKq6iby0qhG2KpXWj0uu2fTjlvCa8jl8nx_1iZpxboAkxu4UfNv3iXcs5p4hqLIRq_UOcKgQGqOHC0FlIdW1GT9sdeyL5JQWR5DjkOUkcDCJVl0QfQSSAh11kNga_wkRjqNU/s320/IMG_1631.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E0tmHfThis_iDaBEWxtwM-m3nDF0g8PkTttdar205QUkdQu9SGKqBlrlTjUQ3MiV90MrUMpshsAZqxkJxHQTDT9ktFQeI5662bxCRTjMQ2hQFESEZsvdKiD1fQkcZAUTkSBni9D21oujXSW0natkkUjSW9uvocJ9_xWtj9VrWY0X_MzOCOP6E9HVUn0m/s4032/IMG_1632.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E0tmHfThis_iDaBEWxtwM-m3nDF0g8PkTttdar205QUkdQu9SGKqBlrlTjUQ3MiV90MrUMpshsAZqxkJxHQTDT9ktFQeI5662bxCRTjMQ2hQFESEZsvdKiD1fQkcZAUTkSBni9D21oujXSW0natkkUjSW9uvocJ9_xWtj9VrWY0X_MzOCOP6E9HVUn0m/s320/IMG_1632.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Food and music in a local cantina. The sauce that Mark is dipping the chip into is mucho hot but very tasty</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-76446826438192937092023-11-17T19:10:00.003-05:002023-11-25T18:16:25.978-05:00Mexico<p> We left San Diego last night at about 1900. This so we could make the overnight journey down to Ensenada and arrive in the morning. We picked this time even though it was no wind the day before and the immediate days after we’re predicting winds from the south. So we decided a motor was in order. </p><p>Ensenada by road from San Diego is over 100 miles but by sea it is about 70. We arrived at 0845 this morning and were greeted on the dock by two staff members catching our lines and a member from the dock master’s office beginning our paperwork procedures. He asked us to come up to the office at 0930 to fill in the rest of our paperwork. This we did and they soon drove us to a money changer to get some pesos and then it was off to the various offices to clear in and get a temporary import permit for Sari Timur. The TIP as it is called gives Sari Timur the ability to stay in the country for up to ten years or the ability to go in and out of the country. So a very valuable item. The crew on the other hand only get 180 days. </p><p>All of this was done with the assistance of the dock master’s office and we were back on the boat having lunch by 1130. We can’t say enough nice things about this marina. We were even told about two Cantinas for fish tacos and two places for margaritas. Welcome to Mexico!!!!</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-61874455421568498772023-11-13T12:54:00.003-05:002023-11-13T13:11:47.012-05:00New Water Maker<p> Part of the reason for taking a berth in San Diego was to install our new water maker. We chose the Sea Water Pro modular unit which makes 20 gallons an hour. This unit comes with an auto back flush system and high and low pressure gauges as well as a real time TDS monitor. Plus it is a low current draw device so we can run it on a portable generator or hopefully an inverter while we are motoring. </p><p>It was a little more of an event than we thought it would be to mount it. A lot of the places to put things proved to be an inch or two too small so lots of last minute rearranging and trips to the marine stores to purchase the necessary extra parts. But the good news is Saturday morning we made water and everything works ok. We still have some last minute tidying up to do, i.e. plumb the line to the tank and mount the control panel. We also need to build some protection guards for the hi pressure pump and pre filters as these are in a rather large storage locker and we want to use the rest of the locker space for storage. But these are smaller projects that can done in Mexico. Except mounting the panel, that needs to happen before we leave. We need four 4.5 inch screws for that and the longest we can find are 4 inch. But I am sure we will solve said issue in the very near future. </p><p>Our plans look like Thursday night we will have a reasonable weather window to make the jump to Ensenada. Guess we better start working on our Spanish!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqoP6teKyJwKQB8iIhtDcNs0F6mWR_OeX1AhAmTUPXzlnYWpgelNnpb7R0AuTSyWKFXHKk6vA4tMv8eB6MwXxWsdamM31nVuMWFWCkRVQEZqhtMMd8iAvjX2TYUzFlJ7ReX7fP7antSbss0auQg3hZhkaoRdTwyaKzyaFV4htpc7t4b3TJmGRDjkmYAUu/s3715/IMG_1511.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3715" data-original-width="3021" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqoP6teKyJwKQB8iIhtDcNs0F6mWR_OeX1AhAmTUPXzlnYWpgelNnpb7R0AuTSyWKFXHKk6vA4tMv8eB6MwXxWsdamM31nVuMWFWCkRVQEZqhtMMd8iAvjX2TYUzFlJ7ReX7fP7antSbss0auQg3hZhkaoRdTwyaKzyaFV4htpc7t4b3TJmGRDjkmYAUu/s320/IMG_1511.jpeg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panel still hanging on strings the membrane (top) is nicely mounted though</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwKKUcMuBZo-rc89GIKOalyDYdWtSEN22SsT5fts-kaHQucgZHr3QqO8CH9jAl2S6QUzLkM9pWWyTzSnz-PBHMRO2lm0nL31PC2E8UK3MAuFMWXQPaBJDSFinyPUH2vuT7Sc1laA5kYuLsXOGoV_U4SOEjMBjHmyXXCBV_iwCGytn02LJBHuLpqxZ6tIX/s4032/IMG_1505.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwKKUcMuBZo-rc89GIKOalyDYdWtSEN22SsT5fts-kaHQucgZHr3QqO8CH9jAl2S6QUzLkM9pWWyTzSnz-PBHMRO2lm0nL31PC2E8UK3MAuFMWXQPaBJDSFinyPUH2vuT7Sc1laA5kYuLsXOGoV_U4SOEjMBjHmyXXCBV_iwCGytn02LJBHuLpqxZ6tIX/s320/IMG_1505.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The locker where the pre filters and high pressure pump are mounted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkrcMkizKBjHSkX558A6pkjOtp5o_jW2j10_mtqEKPO2HBOtPWEsoSOKQcL3JaB-YZjp2lDWQeipIfGkuUm0u1zP2d7k_l4wBjTPvqKR4-JMaIfnx5RAo91HXbTkDTnsyo_yfufxZNtVRPM6xGhrni5jo_5OZqn8n8aOcsCkKsolSfwMntkhyof9jL_f0/s4032/IMG_1508.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkrcMkizKBjHSkX558A6pkjOtp5o_jW2j10_mtqEKPO2HBOtPWEsoSOKQcL3JaB-YZjp2lDWQeipIfGkuUm0u1zP2d7k_l4wBjTPvqKR4-JMaIfnx5RAo91HXbTkDTnsyo_yfufxZNtVRPM6xGhrni5jo_5OZqn8n8aOcsCkKsolSfwMntkhyof9jL_f0/s320/IMG_1508.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mounted filters and high pressure pump</td></tr></tbody></table><br />SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-48409472967005583422023-11-05T00:27:00.003-04:002023-11-05T00:30:43.581-04:00San Diego<p> We left Oceanside at 0815 this morning and made our way out with an offshore breeze. Once out of the breakwaters we quickly set the main and we were getting ready the staysail when the wind dropped down to under 5 knots. So we resolved ourselves that we would end up motoring to San Diego. We kept the main set to help steady the boat and take advantage of any breeze that did appear. As we neared Point Loma we found ourselves dodging lots of fishing buoys so we secured the main and jogged our way through until we entered the inlet. As we were coming in we observed the wind was increasing and sure enough started to see gusts into the twenties which we would have on our tail as we needed to land in our berth. As we came around the corner we noticed it was going to be a tight fit and a little tricky as the boat sharing our pen was rather beamy. Pauline called Flora and they and another guy offered to catch our lines. Mark swung out wide as to get a straighter approach in and brought Sari Timur into the berth at a speed a lot higher than he would like but luckily our prop walk is to starboard (the same side we were tying to) so all went pretty lickety-split. Thanks guys for the help. We learned from Flora that they had similar issues when they came a couple days ago. And the wind will be done in a couple of hours. And sure enough it was. We are secured here for 10 days. Our water maker arrives Tuesday. The Skerritts are coming for lunch tomorrow and The Garrisons are coming Monday. Then it is heads down and bums up getting the water maker installed. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB7__Q9vDcx00AAon0hdrQwn_jPX8YyYoyvE_HvsNW08Kz1FbMoULEWpbAA3_6nBDLmgOomXm9t_iaEXDOVypgkdkQ_tJp-azTFkKWpYJOiAfhMthlsD_xJzPfws-yU39pvgfM3NwEejkaZt7qNiI4wvAYwtGvLRjOx6tIvu2mjRNvCIBbat-VNbwMGnq/s4032/IMG_1429.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB7__Q9vDcx00AAon0hdrQwn_jPX8YyYoyvE_HvsNW08Kz1FbMoULEWpbAA3_6nBDLmgOomXm9t_iaEXDOVypgkdkQ_tJp-azTFkKWpYJOiAfhMthlsD_xJzPfws-yU39pvgfM3NwEejkaZt7qNiI4wvAYwtGvLRjOx6tIvu2mjRNvCIBbat-VNbwMGnq/s320/IMG_1429.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point Loma ( the entrance into San Diego)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-15264647114430024722023-11-03T10:58:00.003-04:002023-11-03T11:01:33.718-04:00In Oceanside, California <p> Sorry we have been here a few days before we posted. Just after we departed Newport Beach ( barely out of the breakwaters) we noticed our engine was running hot. We hoisted the headsail with all of 3 knots of breeze to help us maintain steerage away from danger while Mark investigated. We were getting water out of the exhaust but still running hot. Upon deeper inspection Mark found there were only 4 blades left on the 8 blade impeller. We keep a spare water pump with an impeller in it for just such an occasion. It is a real pain to change the impeller only on this engine. Easier to change the whole pump. Plus that way we can remove the broken blades from the lines. Anyway it set us back by an hour or so but another problem was sorted. </p><p>Once we approached the dock the crew of S/Y Flora came to catch our lines. Always a nice plus when approaching a new dock. Pauline had met Flora in Sitka and we met them again on the dock in Avalon and in the dinghy in Newport. We decided we needed to meet up for Sundowners so invited them over. </p><p>While we were visiting a newbie boat owner came by (Scott on White Bird ) we quickly invited him as well and we had a party!</p><p>The second day Jan and Steve drove up to meet us for lunch and drop off some mail we had delivered to them. They also drove us to a local AutoZone to purchase some oil. </p><p>We have done some chores, replaced the broken stern light, fixed the control lines on the spin pole, and changed oil. Today we are planning a bike sightseeing trip into town and along the beach. Tomorrow it is off to San Diego.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAnsxPavzyD6n54OZ7JeeaJF0UEpoS54gFBKekAe7bt4w0Du0gw6SqN6hVmH4biZTTWeTd0i3OXtsGszP-U8DLqi4Fd8ynLaJjMeagb7qgqTmrl7bSZMByu1mTUZMxaRB-Xls6gSeE3HF-tojbaAWfzBmfnKvSkYlhpJlQDYVvjOTVPTKCA6aTlw_hs3S/s2048/IMG_7290.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAnsxPavzyD6n54OZ7JeeaJF0UEpoS54gFBKekAe7bt4w0Du0gw6SqN6hVmH4biZTTWeTd0i3OXtsGszP-U8DLqi4Fd8ynLaJjMeagb7qgqTmrl7bSZMByu1mTUZMxaRB-Xls6gSeE3HF-tojbaAWfzBmfnKvSkYlhpJlQDYVvjOTVPTKCA6aTlw_hs3S/s320/IMG_7290.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flora took a drone shot of our two boats. That is them on our bow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-87320801322586199632023-10-28T17:50:00.002-04:002023-10-28T18:51:58.080-04:00In Newport Beach<p></p><br /> We arrived in Newport Beach at 1315 and after tying up Mark went to Blackie’s to confirm they could show the rugby on Saturday. We then met up with Barb and went to dinner. On Saturday morning Mark cycled over to Minney’s a second hand yacht parts store. Then West Marine on the way back. Pauline took advantage of the free laundry and got a load done. After replacing the life rings and the mizzen halyard we set out to Blackie’s. This World Cup Final was a problem as Pauline is a staunch All Blacks supporter and Mark follows the Springboks. It was a close final and we were both on the edge of our seats. I am sure everyone knows the results so that is all we will say about it.<p></p><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH5a_r1321602FMXfMiK0RaREOJ-OW2tIBtBfczU4N1nCWLTzwli_ukdRVb26FgFGXDVQF0lW5DtZnZkkyFg-210lhjTJslPnUJ73xdNN0RO5cEakmyXnMichT4YXvPOlHYztVXII6vepz9BObL2WC9tY5oDYBAieVfin3zNJ6GdKALeWauNIbTrj9aqO/s4032/IMG_7287.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH5a_r1321602FMXfMiK0RaREOJ-OW2tIBtBfczU4N1nCWLTzwli_ukdRVb26FgFGXDVQF0lW5DtZnZkkyFg-210lhjTJslPnUJ73xdNN0RO5cEakmyXnMichT4YXvPOlHYztVXII6vepz9BObL2WC9tY5oDYBAieVfin3zNJ6GdKALeWauNIbTrj9aqO/s320/IMG_7287.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pauline, Mark and Barb</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-63150865742449841212023-10-20T13:14:00.006-04:002023-10-21T21:02:22.528-04:00Avalon Bay<div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvewIncecMwQrDBOevFCKXDZrHtCUmZ_Ati729niIECRJY6VNvmDJfOB9DekcVUpvdqEIfU3f3OyP2-KbW4aK3qiiVM4gvmlzBSqcItFAiFLMWtK9zD66I7D5kPpwbz64Fcx07i2hSRVTJ3x_BeJ7rZJwsmyP-EhqiyiIcxKpvo_81YCfJblqiWqCDl8B/s4032/IMG_1167.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvewIncecMwQrDBOevFCKXDZrHtCUmZ_Ati729niIECRJY6VNvmDJfOB9DekcVUpvdqEIfU3f3OyP2-KbW4aK3qiiVM4gvmlzBSqcItFAiFLMWtK9zD66I7D5kPpwbz64Fcx07i2hSRVTJ3x_BeJ7rZJwsmyP-EhqiyiIcxKpvo_81YCfJblqiWqCDl8B/s320/IMG_1167.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tied up on the moorings in Avalon Bay. Took advantage of the special pay for two nights get five free. That means a week of not moving!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we got to the pier after mooring Sari Timur, we were greeted with dancers. We thought it was to welcome us but everyone was actually waiting to welcome the traveling image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. What an experience for us as Catholics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHDzQWCqhdzrA4eER3g-pE4zM4vaf5SxtOE9as_KgCdBdMwHAyK68bvmqYO6KsRhRVl94Upl6k9JeRzLq3_2xweA1BgETRV8JOCt1tLTmOs4mzaJNG2Qs9lQRWz8zN2vRovw6e77kr7UxUN_B6FLNnrxW4ImJ3_s0DwOL133tuW-DIiNZqg_bXt_-Dueo/s4032/IMG_1168.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHDzQWCqhdzrA4eER3g-pE4zM4vaf5SxtOE9as_KgCdBdMwHAyK68bvmqYO6KsRhRVl94Upl6k9JeRzLq3_2xweA1BgETRV8JOCt1tLTmOs4mzaJNG2Qs9lQRWz8zN2vRovw6e77kr7UxUN_B6FLNnrxW4ImJ3_s0DwOL133tuW-DIiNZqg_bXt_-Dueo/s320/IMG_1168.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dancers in their regalia</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmMbtSq7dWbUQnYedkJbQNTgL7OuBT3h2PYDTh1AeZ015OKMxPioutPlul8EuS0hL1trZtf41gHkEUTL0uXcOabrHXKN1SnfhqRvF_GlyPF6ze1uz2lu3eG9NTt4y4luT_pp2APz5nDUqbLVBOWw6428VUwR_3vbgipC_f9V3yCV-UmLLA1PTcBQURTIM/s2509/IMG_1180.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="2509" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmMbtSq7dWbUQnYedkJbQNTgL7OuBT3h2PYDTh1AeZ015OKMxPioutPlul8EuS0hL1trZtf41gHkEUTL0uXcOabrHXKN1SnfhqRvF_GlyPF6ze1uz2lu3eG9NTt4y4luT_pp2APz5nDUqbLVBOWw6428VUwR_3vbgipC_f9V3yCV-UmLLA1PTcBQURTIM/s320/IMG_1180.heic" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they placed flowers on her head and at her feet</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A group of ex cruisers meets up every year in Avalon for a reunion to reminisce and tell cruising stories. We were planning to join them and were going to stop for a night at Santa Cruz Island before heading to </span><span style="text-align: left;">Catalina Island but decided the timing was perfect to keep going. It was while we were passing Santa Cruz Island that we heard weather reports of high waves barring the entrance of the southern bays so were glad we chose not to stop.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjV1uBheDKf_WFOHxTslrRnlcrI001BfCCutjCBoAD65gvgPAVu5qh5ChPydnXgWnFSLyK0Kq4onSkdyRCkrMc9yoKSCpzpD4cf27Vw6jVzwynJ-STX_Qrw4LmBrU75muRtl-D8jCnISyLNMS2YGDlfVTDK-xOD_-buZUft7viTCxDC5Ql5nNX_A899Jc/s4032/IMG_1183.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjV1uBheDKf_WFOHxTslrRnlcrI001BfCCutjCBoAD65gvgPAVu5qh5ChPydnXgWnFSLyK0Kq4onSkdyRCkrMc9yoKSCpzpD4cf27Vw6jVzwynJ-STX_Qrw4LmBrU75muRtl-D8jCnISyLNMS2YGDlfVTDK-xOD_-buZUft7viTCxDC5Ql5nNX_A899Jc/s320/IMG_1183.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;">These are the friends we rushed to see in Avalon. We met them when we were cruising in Southeast Asia.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">L to R : Mimi, Catherine, Cheryl, Pat, Resa, Beth, Jim and Al. Mark looks big because of the wide angle lens. Resa and Ralph are the hosts and Ralph is missing in the photo. <br /></div><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-79922212205337741702023-10-19T13:20:00.006-04:002023-10-21T19:46:40.639-04:00Half Moon Bay to ?<p>We got fuel and departed Half Moon Bay on Tuesday in what might be called sporty conditions. We were heading south, hoping to get all the way to the Santa Cruz Islands but not ruling out ducking into Monterey Bay somewhere. The wind was gusting to 40 but it was behind us. A little too square but behind us so we kept on south. The seas were on the aft quarter but as we neared the point above Monterey we had a few larger ones swing a little more toward the beam. </p><p>Anyway just after departing HMB we got a message from the old Sunflower crew that they were heading to Catalina Island for their annual reunion of some of the old time cruisers of SE Asia. This sounded interesting, so as we were making great speeds under sail we skipped pulling into anything Monterey had to offer and set our sights at least on Santa Cruz Island.</p><p>We lost the wind yesterday morning so have been motoring since then. We are a few hours from Santa Cruz Island at present but are expecting the wind to build from the not so favorable direction. So our present thinking is to take advantage of the light airs and motor sail straight to Catalina. But who knows. Watch this space.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-60454704146396187402023-10-14T19:23:00.002-04:002023-10-14T19:23:29.140-04:00Mark Made it back to Sari Timur<p> The bad weather scheduled to hit Dutch Harbor was delayed and the flight was allowed to leave early. So after an all night trip Doug and Suzie picked him up from the airport and drove him back to Pillar Point. Thanks Doug and Suzie.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-77770721955611312302023-10-10T18:58:00.004-04:002023-10-10T18:58:59.687-04:00Mark Made it to Dutch Harbor<p> Well Mark made it to Dutch Harbor. He has a flight booked out tomorrow that will take him all night to get back to San Francisco. But here is the scary part. There is a weather system scheduled to arrive tomorrow night. Dutch has a terrible airport and weather often makes flights turn around with out landing. So watch this space to see if he escapes!</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-8847307290038029712023-10-05T15:11:00.002-04:002023-10-05T15:11:29.644-04:00Update on Mark<p> Mark is currently up the Yukon River hiding out from some weather. It looks like a small break tomorrow and they are going to try and make the run to Dutch Harbor where he will get off. That is the plan as of right now. It has changed four times in three days. But that is the nature of remote Alaska at this time of year.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-69023796800625918512023-09-22T22:46:00.006-04:002023-09-26T13:07:53.397-04:00Just leaving Kotzebue<p>Mark is just leaving Kotzebue, which is basically at the Arctic Circle. They are on their way to Little Diomede (USA) which is a mile and a half away from Big Diomede (Russia).</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwsEBGUHwCx8EmeEWZR_0SCiv6f2SC321KvcK4-CLkRQaTBvr6HJA2YMGLpM6BiWVm1pNk54wqHIDa_vplXEa5hfwl7lmC2Oaj_qcMitjT4ixBTFBqDdY452pEfByIguMdANn_-Fmzrp4Ap_W11A29HiXWNBknJi7GIZe1RAD6Elvn3Z15t4XJb3GgxtJ/s719/b6b9539c-8702-4ac8-8605-6d43a1ff7ea5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwsEBGUHwCx8EmeEWZR_0SCiv6f2SC321KvcK4-CLkRQaTBvr6HJA2YMGLpM6BiWVm1pNk54wqHIDa_vplXEa5hfwl7lmC2Oaj_qcMitjT4ixBTFBqDdY452pEfByIguMdANn_-Fmzrp4Ap_W11A29HiXWNBknJi7GIZe1RAD6Elvn3Z15t4XJb3GgxtJ/s320/b6b9539c-8702-4ac8-8605-6d43a1ff7ea5.jpg" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alaska on the right, Siberia on the left and the tug is in the middle<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMkS2DGUOEFzxdFoWKPBy0VHZOw1Zc8gU-xXfjUN6KI7uMeJs9daxOf6icR5duMR9KfQwo8KCfMxFBYsoHgeYTFZwwEDPsWzQzQrYRTLAM5rr2nY5nogq_ai92_FiU_01Uq7wlp9Hze2zhwvDtmvbnUiC_1Lj3_j1kZ2bksU0eWsxBAs5MJVcYUOd7mcm/s564/978b9875-e4ed-4fca-a4fb-96c15a95a0d8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMkS2DGUOEFzxdFoWKPBy0VHZOw1Zc8gU-xXfjUN6KI7uMeJs9daxOf6icR5duMR9KfQwo8KCfMxFBYsoHgeYTFZwwEDPsWzQzQrYRTLAM5rr2nY5nogq_ai92_FiU_01Uq7wlp9Hze2zhwvDtmvbnUiC_1Lj3_j1kZ2bksU0eWsxBAs5MJVcYUOd7mcm/s320/978b9875-e4ed-4fca-a4fb-96c15a95a0d8.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the arrow is the tug, less than 2 miles from Russia, they were watching the crew unload<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwb8FXWt_UTMJ1PpTsjYhbZWh2GhuGelB3HfmMCF6vCdL2z2odnkhqqUfVgemRORLagVWjn0AbrENR3izr3OJ4kRmu5aq8Y7ZYHS7ws1FDQiCqX6ERxvJjYusgq2QdM_bHMBtLSrGFJhU5ENq3Tszal02VeqFQdqY-64HcSLS8J4SloVxK7DSYbBFhvkZ/s1024/36ffba23-abc4-4038-9c15-7c8b77f7686d.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwb8FXWt_UTMJ1PpTsjYhbZWh2GhuGelB3HfmMCF6vCdL2z2odnkhqqUfVgemRORLagVWjn0AbrENR3izr3OJ4kRmu5aq8Y7ZYHS7ws1FDQiCqX6ERxvJjYusgq2QdM_bHMBtLSrGFJhU5ENq3Tszal02VeqFQdqY-64HcSLS8J4SloVxK7DSYbBFhvkZ/s320/36ffba23-abc4-4038-9c15-7c8b77f7686d.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Diomede (USA) on the left and Big Diomede (Russia) on the right<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-7r3QxWtFYYfkSDEsQOBHx-XPgVIZPb6G-V1Ct77R8r-8kLPrjaQRn2OObZ8DfivGmP_-1mBLYme6mNmprrdU6qEpbvfUgDiWzvO6UVqF8gdQxHR_wrUeB266WrDUMi7d_ZGQGc3T_JSrvNuSWjLkTKaQHhq28qYZdUeP8l817bCaFtlEnRc30glOUXc/s909/5c3e1492-3265-4f61-9419-99bcfff18432.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="909" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-7r3QxWtFYYfkSDEsQOBHx-XPgVIZPb6G-V1Ct77R8r-8kLPrjaQRn2OObZ8DfivGmP_-1mBLYme6mNmprrdU6qEpbvfUgDiWzvO6UVqF8gdQxHR_wrUeB266WrDUMi7d_ZGQGc3T_JSrvNuSWjLkTKaQHhq28qYZdUeP8l817bCaFtlEnRc30glOUXc/s320/5c3e1492-3265-4f61-9419-99bcfff18432.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Diomede in the center and if you look to the right, you can see Siberia<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-7183745707409819422023-09-19T13:31:00.000-04:002023-09-19T13:31:34.772-04:00Mark is on his way to Nome<p> Mark’s old boss called him Sunday and asked if he could come help out. As we are still suffering from cash deprivation after our dry dock and mini refit we thought it might help. Not sure on how long yet but he flies out in the morning. He said he would gladly do two weeks, but he is prepared to do three if needed. So we moved berths and paid up until October 3 at present. The marina said no problem extending this spot so Pauline will not have to move the boat by herself.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-28009940952021185252023-09-17T20:25:00.004-04:002023-09-17T20:48:45.258-04:00Our Repairs<p>Well, officially we have the new stuff installed. We are just waiting for some sealant to dry a bit more before we fire up the engine and test everything out. After pondering everything, we think we know what happened.</p><p>Back in 2004 or 5 when we replaced the engine, the shipyard built a fiberglass tube to go the fairly long horizontal distance from the engine room over the top of the counter and under our cabinets. We are pretty sure they used a piece of PVC pipe and wrapped it with fiberglass to make the fiberglass tube. We all know PVC pipe gets pretty soft when it gets hot and we think when we were having our overheating problems before we left Sitka, it probably deformed a bit and broke free of the fiberglass. It probably even got misshaped a bit and started letting the cooling water get away from the hot exhaust gasses and thus allowing itself to further deform and move down the line to the elbow which eventually blocked everything off. The nearly 300 hours of motoring we did from Alaska slowly did their magic. It is a miracle the exhaust water didn’t back up and hydro lock the engine. When we got the hose off the piece of PVC was all twisted and melted together. We are sorry but we didn’t get a picture of this. In any event this all happened just after Cape Mendocino, which is a place that is famous for having to watch out for bad weather. We didn’t want to be stuck here just bobbing around helplessly waiting for the weather to get bad so we desperately tried to figure out a method to make repairs so we could get a working engine again. One of the hoses between the mixer riser and the fiberglass tube was also very damaged. The inner hose and outer liner had separated and the exhaust gasses had softened it enough that if we tried we could poke a hole through the hose with our finger and we needed to rescue this hose. We flopped the hose around and put the very soft parts over the fiberglass tube. We then tightened up the hose by tightly wrapping it with electrical tape, then a couple of layers of heat shrink tape that we had left over from when we put the winter enclosure on Sari Timur. This and some carefully placed hose clamps got us working again. We motored at low revs for 36 hours until we got into Half Moon Bay as we didn’t dare to turn off the engine and restart in case we caused something to blow.</p><p>Being in Half Moon Bay allowed us to order the correct stuff. We now have a new Vetus Hydrolock and the hoses are hardwall exhaust hoses. So there is no need for a fiberglass tube. Everything had to come from the East Coast so we only received it yesterday.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnHalPHUhUaQ7aKvfZ30-BkvlGE7IZqp2i4wA7ya1RyaWcpXxZphRiTO0g7DGAS4e3bgrxs6YJRvxhxA03Jhk-ESfaj6m01jMNgCunMsULko6GRVwLqHwl8yBGV3c5DxSAnTPlO55YKof5dNgPkAudZ72zQBrLfgNZ0BuIzWH00DSpHZBWCF9aiVsy77A/s3234/1D9BBB73-D2E0-466A-846C-FF0CA31B5CA9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3234" data-original-width="2887" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnHalPHUhUaQ7aKvfZ30-BkvlGE7IZqp2i4wA7ya1RyaWcpXxZphRiTO0g7DGAS4e3bgrxs6YJRvxhxA03Jhk-ESfaj6m01jMNgCunMsULko6GRVwLqHwl8yBGV3c5DxSAnTPlO55YKof5dNgPkAudZ72zQBrLfgNZ0BuIzWH00DSpHZBWCF9aiVsy77A/s320/1D9BBB73-D2E0-466A-846C-FF0CA31B5CA9.jpeg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old hydrolock with splash zone repair</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4beckgUbb8L0OdW0WM71EB1yuovgdMuxEBKf5x1ZeA28vM8L7pEvX1DwQQSP7VU-vLYhZnzOnKPr-5rfTX3hhkq44HHWFOL1Tkz6ykCsoBYbTw0eqHVnoOONEiN0DVw51wOeH7_CUJUCO_3cgPtiLrGTLAu31gS8DpAV_lKo6uXiXzeMr1WXMKluCA8C/s3024/CAE97142-FD6E-4D00-B8E5-6C3DE6C6A7C8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="3024" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4beckgUbb8L0OdW0WM71EB1yuovgdMuxEBKf5x1ZeA28vM8L7pEvX1DwQQSP7VU-vLYhZnzOnKPr-5rfTX3hhkq44HHWFOL1Tkz6ykCsoBYbTw0eqHVnoOONEiN0DVw51wOeH7_CUJUCO_3cgPtiLrGTLAu31gS8DpAV_lKo6uXiXzeMr1WXMKluCA8C/s320/CAE97142-FD6E-4D00-B8E5-6C3DE6C6A7C8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Hydrolock installed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTSt6n7106c4UlNpftb1WOMYOJVsjg82rqb7Wynb0JX4L1oPOK5V48xef2ahyvn91eZ19lYnuOiMlbxZxmKEduexm0I66Ggopd56bujsIO1t31BbbuB2T152-aPcPh1FuNqZ-VRE0kHDy7B_BDRn5cj1vlbGR8bFciPgJCIVTX8TP2hq5kjQ0-TOg0HOC/s4030/09C10B4E-97D4-4157-8456-9ED6D62F9729.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="4030" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTSt6n7106c4UlNpftb1WOMYOJVsjg82rqb7Wynb0JX4L1oPOK5V48xef2ahyvn91eZ19lYnuOiMlbxZxmKEduexm0I66Ggopd56bujsIO1t31BbbuB2T152-aPcPh1FuNqZ-VRE0kHDy7B_BDRn5cj1vlbGR8bFciPgJCIVTX8TP2hq5kjQ0-TOg0HOC/s320/09C10B4E-97D4-4157-8456-9ED6D62F9729.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fiberglass tube</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqWuPLChzpvZWpWacdhUK-mkjq8q9QJFGJsE3tlvS9DPnz4-YeecYZ-QTPWbxBV6_6KGG49f0lJF32xc35LJaufxfFw1V21Hclz3XDigSEjdUPHsdYKc5n89t8wABgQm_mM1ojgtQCoaHdY4Jq8rV36gNON0nBXkLRBNEOzIGnoZHWrkxuFVKm9LyoITR/s3703/991EAEB1-6F97-4FB2-8B54-BDBAB0806FA5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3703" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqWuPLChzpvZWpWacdhUK-mkjq8q9QJFGJsE3tlvS9DPnz4-YeecYZ-QTPWbxBV6_6KGG49f0lJF32xc35LJaufxfFw1V21Hclz3XDigSEjdUPHsdYKc5n89t8wABgQm_mM1ojgtQCoaHdY4Jq8rV36gNON0nBXkLRBNEOzIGnoZHWrkxuFVKm9LyoITR/s320/991EAEB1-6F97-4FB2-8B54-BDBAB0806FA5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The damaged hose </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p></p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-57376582837006735752023-09-08T16:38:00.005-04:002023-09-08T16:54:34.141-04:00Half Moon Bay<p>We are tied up in Pillar Point Marina in Half Moon Bay. We were told to check in right away after tying up. So tied up and headed up to the office. After checking in, we returned to the boat to find our first visitor waiting for us. Apparently he was checking out the new arrival.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkR3Uvkn2-7BcvjfHklMUSrIvg7fIpj0m_TxDHjTlvoFV9VE4Ezqct-aM3E8vSQEbVW5RZgAMNa5twHIi5wVSHQ5YiAcp1ipp1nlnNSfz9P8QljsKT5l8SzGK7L4jw0Dikw04b4yq1jkGSJsJEmyp5EyjW8iIrgqCajqKfRQ9iXzD11ZEgiSpPDondCaq/s4032/IMG_0841.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkR3Uvkn2-7BcvjfHklMUSrIvg7fIpj0m_TxDHjTlvoFV9VE4Ezqct-aM3E8vSQEbVW5RZgAMNa5twHIi5wVSHQ5YiAcp1ipp1nlnNSfz9P8QljsKT5l8SzGK7L4jw0Dikw04b4yq1jkGSJsJEmyp5EyjW8iIrgqCajqKfRQ9iXzD11ZEgiSpPDondCaq/s320/IMG_0841.HEIC" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sea lion checking out our new decal<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-61349916828586626882023-09-07T01:21:00.002-04:002023-09-07T01:21:56.571-04:00When you think things are going good<p> Wow, this morning the weather was good. We rounded Cape Mendocino nicely and we were arranging a stop in San Francisco. Then the wind dropped completely and we turned on the engine. Well it started making a funny sound and there was a lot of water leaking into the boat from the hydro lock device. We figured that was due to an overheating we had with the old engine finally giving out. Got out the Splash Zone and fixed that. Put it back together and fired it up. No exhaust water. Further investigation found a rotten hose and the reason it was rotten was it overheated when the exhaust elbow before the hydro lock was blocked by an old piece of pvc pipe that was put in there when we replaced our engine in 2004. Long story short it shouldn’t have been there but it did work until now. Anyway all day trying to cobble a system together to get to SF. We are motoring now 10 PM but we don’t trust the repair. Fingers crossed we make it.</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-11981240517463137132023-09-06T14:09:00.001-04:002023-09-06T14:09:24.887-04:00Rounding Cape Mendocino<p> We are rounding Cape Mendocino. Wind is leaving us for a short while. May have to start the motor. But will wait for a while. Over 40 hours sailing so far</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608751081157171005.post-70415706374920115472023-09-04T15:50:00.001-04:002023-09-04T15:50:06.813-04:00Off of Coos Bay<p> Position</p><p>43* 42.66 N</p><p>124*39.70 W</p><p><br /></p><p>We just gybed close enough to shore to get cell service. Almost 300 nm into our journey. Saw some humpbacks, a sperm whale, dolphins otters albatross etc but not a lot of wind</p>SY Sari Timurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040281398168271490noreply@blogger.com1