Leslie:
So last night during Carl's and my midnight shift, we start hearing the Coast Guard reports about a tsunami watch on the West Coast. "3 foot swell?" scoffs Carl, "We won't even notice that!" Later, during our 5am shift, the watch report seems to be getting a little more intense. Mariners are advised to exit the water...clear harbors...run screaming for the hills! This morning I woke up to the sounds of the rest of the crew laughing and whooping. Clearly, we made it through the 7am tsunami call just fine. Of course, our first landing in Ensenada today was met with frantic emails from friends and family, but rest assured, we're all fine. Now, since the last few days have been straight sailing with interupted sleep shifts, I'm more than a little zonked. So I'm just going to comment on the pictures below documenting our saga of preparing to take off into the deep blue sea.
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| I'm sewing our bimini cover to make it a convertible top. Carl's working on our solar panels. |
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A dour pelican looks on as we work late into the evening.
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Late night sewing! By late, I probably mean 7pm.
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Lisa keeps us going with a special breakfast.
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| Raleigh gets his first bath of the month! |
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| Getting our main back on track |
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| Don blasts sparks into his face, cutting a hole in our water tank to "fix" it. I don't get how that works either. |
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| Post champaign smashing (video to come)! |
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| Our empty slip. Bye-bye Ventura! |
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| Charlie work |
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| Old mast step gets a burial at sea |
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| Don looking slick under my bimini! |
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| Raleigh looking slick in his new doggles! |
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| Up goes our gennaker! We're sailing! |
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| Our first sunrise |
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| This is how we spend our days now. |
Phew!!Great news. Yup, we were all a little worried. Anchored/marina, international waters, without contact or possible advance knowledge as a tsunami is about to hit your direct location is...I would say...low on the list of safe places to be. Possibly only followed by being on a 48 foot sailboat propped up in drydock with the cockpit two stories above concrete. We may have been a tad concerned, but only because Raleigh is so damn cute! Any chance that you could put the link to the spot locator on the blog site? It would have been awesome to see you were cruising over gentle rollers a couple miles off shore. The bimini cover is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! A map link to our Spot locator position is now on the upper right hand side of the blog---under Location! Location! Location! :) Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI was worried. Thanks for the update. So exciting that you're on your way!!! Keep the updates coming, please - so fun to live vicariously through your crew!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that you have made it first your first natural disaster. Hopefully not too many more....
ReplyDeleteAll the best for the menu planning Lisa - that must be no easy task. Hopefully you can keep the rate of scurvy relatively low.
Hey is Raleigh allowed into NZ? Or are you going to have to shoot him? :)
Simon