Mazatlan Week 2

Mazatlan is turning out to be a longer stop than anticipated. We spent 10 days in the Marina where Justin worked on getting the boat ready to take to Hawaii and I spent 120$ on Chiropractic care for my back! I am happy to say that I no longer have back pain so it was worth it! Justin, poor guy, is feeling 10 days of hard work in the hot sun. We managed to seal all the leaks in our portholes (there were a few), build storm covers, stoppers for the dory vents, get our alternator looked at, etc....all in all it was very productive! The boat is near ready to sail off to Hawaii.

We moved to Stone Island for Easter weekend, which is one of the biggest holidays in Mexico. Children get two weeks off from school and most families head to the beach for two weeks. 400,000 people came to Mazatlan last week and Stone Island was full of partying Mexicans. There were a dozen banana boats around us (I thought of you Jade) and many kayakers came to inspect the boat. On Sunday arvo we moved to the old harbour, which is located right in the old town of Mazatlan. We are currently looking for a 3d crew mate, a storm sail, a single side ban radio (to receive radio info) and a couple of other small boat stuff.

We talked to many people during our time in the Marina about crossing over to Hawaii. Opinions and experience vary but we have decided that it will probably be our number 1 choice to get the boat back north. It looks like May-June is the best time to cross to Hawaii and August to get back to the continent.

More news to come in the next few days.......and I promise I will get organised with photos!!!

Photos are of: Sealing the ports, Slacker Kitty on Dock 6 and Justin getting a hair cut by Louis the barber.