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- juan lu
wow–after some wonderful speedy and fun sail we began to encounter difficulties with fuel– dirt in filters cause no go …..after 5 times of this, we found the starter was n o longte rfunctional– it is totally fired–armature and bendix gone to toast–ouch- so am stuck in cedros until i have one a doze for making engine go– we had to sail in circles as the wind stopped half way down island– for 24 hours were sailing slowly in current in circles!!!! goo dthing ther ear eno rocke or any thing like that to kill boat in our way– only say 3 tugboats with barges coming at us in darkness— whew–so now we ar ein cedros awaiting starter—-hopefully i can get that done tomorrow and head out– lost a full day !! i thought was monday here– is tue!!!! and is mothers day here—so todo es cerrado….lol
trying to keep up with spot– i guess i didnt punch correct button — tried to send ok signal– guess i didnt figure that part out well enough– am punching track eery time i see it not sending— caugth 2 beautiful bonita– deeelishusss….. kat is ok– scared, but fine…..had to sell inflatable avon dink and engine in ensenada for only 300 dollars– eeps– gonna miss that so much — was my work platform…..
SK Solitary Bird 
Hi Zeehag;
Great sailing adventure, Patsy has a constant update on your course thanks to SPOT she say’s hi and go girl go, I thought you went into the Island due to a ripped sail, the 4-108 starter shouldn’t be a big problem, Mexican mechanics can work miracles, I was concerned for your safety while cruising Mexican waters, but in reflecting over the years I’ve known you I find myself increasingly more. concerned for the poor Mexicans that will cross your path Ha-Ha. Patsy, is on the phone and say’s she concurs with that comment vio con dios
tell patsy hay from me— trying to pay for part and mechanic– only have wiring of funds via western union here— eeps– strange but interesting place.
Oh zeezee! Monkey and crew were worried. Yess…spot was addictive and we were all watching it closely and speculating…have to reactivate it every 24 hours. And dont fergit turn it off when not using. every 10 minutes we get update. think you can adjust this
Sorry bout your fun, but now you will fix engine and boatykatt will help. Understand that turtle bay has some resources there.
Glad you are OK Zee. Too bad about the starter, but it’s at least a solvable problem. You were really making good time for a long while there. Did you motor much or were you sailing most of the way? Saltymonkey insisted you were motoring most of the way it seems.
You did great on the SPOT activation by the way. There was just the few hours between hours 24 and 32 of the journey where it was off. But we figured you’d missed the 24 hour restart on it. 😉 Keep going girl!
motored a lot– engine is awesome. boat only tried to sink once. pumps still goood. starter now repaired . only way to get money here is western union—- cannot even get 150 dollars from any source with my atm card…. cannot write checks of personal nature– eeps– trying to figger out how to get this paid for and leave today.
bubby is skeereded…. as usual…. bird is ok….. will have to soon save for sails….LOL