Slanted Enchanted

So we would like to extend a huge thanks to Anette and Graham (andy's parents) for taking our rambling radio communiqués and turning them into intelligible blog posts.
There is a lot to talk about and I'm sure well over 200 photos worth posting but for the moment we will simply post our overnight shift schedule and a conversation we had regarding eachother's ridiculous habits. "Helm" is when you are actually steering (we have no autopilot) and "watch" is...well....pretty much the subject of the audio.

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          Helm     Watch
6:00   Don    
7:00   Leslie     Don
8:00   Carl        Les
9:00   Andy      Carl
10:00 Lisa        Andy
11:00 Don        Lisa
12:00 Les         Don
1:00   Carl        Les
2:00   Andy      Carl
3:00   Don        Andy
4:00   Les         Don
5:00   Carl        Les
6:00   Andy      Carl

Giant Steps

Ok, so we have left you all a bit in the dark (other than spot updates and single act whale plays). To try and play catch up we have done another audio post. It is, however, a monster. Coming in at at a whopping 35 minutes for 39 pictures, it will be understandable if you never hear Lisa's final plea to stop recording. Not to mention the pictures and audio work together but the pics are out of chronological order, soooo... yeah. Anyway the short version of it all is, it was scary, then it was less scary, then we survived and kinda seem to like it a bit.
We are now in Puerto Vallarta. It looks like we will be in this area for a little while trying to get our refrigerator fixed. We will be coming and going around Banderas Bay for the next week or so while we wait for things to get fixed, and while in port we will try to get a post out of each crew member and maybe even our guests, detailing the days and nights at sea. Should be good.
For now here are the pics and ramblings:

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Very territorial sea lions

one of the mellow moments

slow going at the cabo fuel dock

When tacos attack. Hey look it's Christine!

The luxurious hot shower

Ensenda, our first love

Sweet relief. First time in 2 days.

Biggest friggin flag ever

Viagra man

Never ending dishes

Treasure hunting gone wrong. Damn Pesos

Only Japanese man in Ensenada made a mean Udon

...and there it is.

Sailing to Mexico should be warm

First meal in 2 days. Looking good AC

Sneak peak of the 2012 "Overalls and Diesel" calendar

Look ma, no jacket! Finally getting warmer.

Bucket'o'spa

This will not make a dog go the the bathroom

The back 40

Poop Deck

Making peace with the gimbled stove

Taming an unruly gennaker

Down after 5 minutes

Yeah, it's beautiful out here, we get it.

Pancake breakfast 4 days out to sea.

Like we said, we get it.

It's just not right

America's cup boat at the point outside Cabo harbor

Mas cervezas por favor

Best taco ever

Josh get ready for the big passage

monkeys

Looking good

#1 

Viva la Mexico!

And Then There Was Sound...

So here it is, our first audio post. The way it works is like this: 

first download the audio commentary here (it's a decent size file, so give it a minute)

once downloaded, open the file and get it playing

you should then hear our lovely voices jabbering away about these photos 

the pictures are in the order we looked at them and we don't really say when we move to the next one but it should be at least a little obvious (sometimes). We'll get better at this. It's about 18 min long. 

Enjoy!!