Mazatlan, Week 3!

Ok.....so we are still here but we are making progress with getting the boat ready. We moved back to Marina Mazatlan last week to have our engine looked over. The engine is in good condition so we are getting some maintenance done to keep it that way. For this to be done we have moved over to Singilar Marina which charges us in Pesos (Marina Mazatlan charges us in U.S $) and as such we are able to save 12$ a night.

On Saturday Dalia climbed up to the mazatlan lighthouse which is the second highest naturally elevated lighthouse in the world. Our friends Pam and Joe on Sea Escape joined the climb up. It was a really cool view of Mazatlan! In other news we got a sim card for our phone (because calling cards are so difficult to find) and Justin gave Dalia a hair cut.


the view from the top of the lighthouse.

Week 3 is just starting so we will write more as the week develops!

All righty...more has happened. We got our injectors removed and they are being serviced, tested the holding tank, fixed the sink in the head and a couple of odd little jobs. Our hand held GPS died, a couple of days of research and announcements on the Morning cruisers Net provided us with a cheap replacement. The crew on Ocean Blue II provided us with a free SSB receiver which unfortunately broke down :( but we recovered quickly when Justin went out and bought one (for double the cost in Canada). Still in search of a hank on storm jib and now a self steering wind vane. We have a lead on 2 possible candidates in the old harbour however cost and time for instillation will be deciding factors..stay tuned for more on the self steering wind vane!

Last Friday, Steady Beat organised the Friday Night Raft up where we met Pamela on Precious Metal, the crew on Rutea, Sole Mate and old friends on Aquarius, Sea Escape and Escapade. It was a fun evening that ended with a 4 dinghy raft motoring back to the marina (lots of water pouring into our Ghetto Duck!).

Pamela came to visit Steady Beat on Sunday evening to have a look at the boat and give us advice on the crossing to Hawaii. 20 years ago, Pamela did a crossing with her husband and children from Victoria to Hawaii and onto New Zealand. Since then she was running a charter service from her home town Port Hardy on Vancouver Islands north tip and she had much advice and recommendations for us about sailing to Hawaii and in and around BC. We feel inspired and really excited about getting up north and doing some cruising up there. But first lets get there;)

We hung out a lot during our week with Jim and his friend Marty aboard Escapade going to the pool, out for dinner and some boat projects. The biggest was when Justin decided to finally change our almost useless Engine Kill switch. Jim and Marty came to help with the project and then we all raced over to Precious Metal for cocktails...it was a fun and late night!


We were sad to find out one morning that Bob from "Bobs Marine Mart" had passed away. Before we left Mazatlan he had helped us find many things for our boat, offered us lots of advice, took care of all the cats and was a pleasure to talk to. We will miss him.

Currently "Total Yacht Works" is on board adjusting the cylinder valves, they brought us our injectors yesterday and apparently our alternator is not far behind. Justin feels that all the projects on the boat are done and I am just organising the meal plane and the provision list. Tomorrow its off to the Aquarium and next week is week 4! and hopefully by Week 5 we will be underway for HAWAII!



All Dalias hair after her hair cut

raft of sea lions on our way from the old harbour to Marina Mazatlan