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La Paz – Again Again

April 18-25, 2013

Back in La Paz yet again and this time the highlights were a beached whale, our new anchor, and MEETING OTHER KID BOATS FINALLY.

Logbook – April 18, 2013 (Isla Partida to La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • Back to La Paz for the 4th time.  Winds up to 30 knots, 8-10 ft swells.  Anchored in our “usual” spot next to Seamentress.  Flew wing & wing w/ 2 headsails for a bit.  Seamentress = Paul and Philipina (Dr.)
  • Grocery shopping for fresh stuff
  • Alex dropped the frenchpress lid, had to jump in

(Edit: Oh the drama of dropping items and having to jump in after them.)

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The dinghy chauffeur driving mom back with a load of groceries
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A small gem of a park discovered while walking to the grocery store
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A sculpture garden

Logbook – April 19, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • Laundry day & internet cafe
  • Wakeboarding behind the dinghy
  • Ran engines to make hot water ~40 min.  Didn’t record engine hours.

(Edit: We had to manually keep track of engine hours so we would know when oil changes, etc. were due. )

Logbook – April 20, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • “Head Blow out” – Big mess repairing B’s head.  Unexpected immediate trip to the bad to dump heads.  Dinner at the shack w/ Northern Passage, Affluenta (sic), Sweet Dreams, and Star Passage (other kid boats) w/ ice cream after.
  • Still no anchor.

Logbook – April 21, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • Beached Whale! In the channel near buoy #8.
  • Trip to Walmart 😦
  • Happy Hour with Jim, Gina, and Nikki from Sweet Dreams
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Beached whale in the La Paz channel. They tied a rope to its fluke and eventually pulled it free with a panga. It was a very sad yet amazing thing to witness. We had a front row seat in our dinghy.
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Beached whale in La Paz channel
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Beached whale in La Paz channel
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Beached whale in La Paz channel
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Beached whale in La Paz channel
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Beached whale in La Paz channel
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Sunset in the La Paz channel anchorage

Logbook – April 22, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • “Garth on Irish Diplomacy does GREAT weather reporting”
  • Loretofest first weekend in May – Puerto Escondido
  • Wakeboarding behind the dinghy/mom runs on the Malecon
  • Visit up at Cost Baja with s/v Star Passage – Peter, Kim, Harlen, Sophia
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Infiniti pool at Costa Baja marina. We were invited there for the afternoon by Peter and Kim (Star Passage)
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Infiniti pool at Costa Baja marina.

Logbook – April 23, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • Playdate with Harlen from s/v Star Passage.  Skimboarding & wakeboarding. Happy hour & dinner with Kim & Sophia.
  • Still no anchor.
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The less glamorous side of cruising — Tim doing some repair to the propane system…
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…and Brenden helping. This time Brenden wasn’t the one who had to climb inside the wall.
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Jumping off the bow of Exodus. One of the kids’ frequent activities. Boys are joined by Harlen from SV Star Passage.

Logbook – April 24, 2013 (La Paz)

Daily Notes

  • Grocery Shopping.  Boys take the dinghy to the beach by themselves
  • Homemade banana bread and Oreos
  • Dinner at Stella
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Giant homemade oreos
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La Paz wall art
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My way home from the grocery store
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The Minstrels

Logbook – April 25, 2013 (La Paz to Ensenada Grande)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 1440 Depart La Paz
  • 1540 Arrive Costa Baja Fuel Dock.  No SB reverse.
  • 1740 Depart Costa Baja.  New anchor installed.

Daily Notes

  • Anchor arrived!
  • Last-minute provisioning & get the heck out of La Paz
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This anchor just has to go
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Such a sad, small, little anchor
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The new Rocna!
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So excited over the new anchor.  No more dragging!

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