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La Cruz Part 4 – The Haul Out

January 31-February 6, 2014

It had not yet been a year since we hauled out in La Paz to put on fresh bottom paint, but we decided to haul out again in La Cruz before heading out to cross the Pacific. One of the main reasons was to re-“paint” the sail drives for better performance but we also put a different kind of bottom paint on this time. It was a whirlwind of work with a silks class or two sprinkled in for good measure. We were all itching to be done with marina life for a while.

The boatyard was on the north side of the marina

Logbook – January 31, 2014 (La Cruz Anchorage to La Cruz Boatyard)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 0905 Engines on
  • 0915 Depart
  • 0924 Start watermaker (3 hours)
  • 1054 S engine off. 1102 P engine off.
  • 1145 P engine on. 1133 SB engine on.
  • 1301 Arrive Travelift

Daily Notes

  • Out in the bay to dump heads, make water, and fish. B has a moral objection to using live bait.
  • Haul out- decided to paint bottom too
  • Mom’s princess status revoked – manual labor for everyone
  • Dinner at Charlie’s – B made a kitty friend
Approaching the travel lift
The culprits. We need to redo the antifouling on the sail drives
A nice pressure wash before coming out of the slings
Backing Exodus into her parking spot
The boys scraped off the barnacles that survived the pressure wash
Our new outboard motor mount
A game of Uno at Charlie’s Pizza

Logbook – February 1, 2014 (La Cruz Boatyard)

Daily Notes

  • Show (Golden Kingdom) @ Octopuses Garden.
  • Pool party @ marina w/ 10 peso tacos
These popsicles are like a little slice of heaven. And only 10 pesos.
Brenden read the survival guide that Grandpa brought, and he even took notes

Logbook – February 2, 2014 (La Cruz Boatyard)

Daily Notes

  • B – sick, Alex – puffy eye
  • Matero’s bday party and potluck
  • Met Sonrisa – Nick & Melissa. Lots of Draw Free.
  • Didn’t watch the Superbowl, don’t regret it
A pinata for Matero’s birthday. Alex was the biggest kid there and he destroyed the pinata!

Logbook – February 3, 2014 (La Cruz Boatyard)

Daily Notes

  • Christopher (6 yrs) came over to play
  • D/B – Paradise Village for weather seminar 😦 then Mega
  • Dinner at Francoli (?) calzones & pasta
Working on the bottom paint
Sail drives and props all cleaned off and ready to apply…
…the Propspeed!
Bottom paint, check. Wax and buff, check. Look how shiny new Exodus looks.

Logbook – February 4, 2014 (La Cruz Boatyard to La Cruz Anchorage)

Daily Notes

  • Morning silks class
  • Back in the water
  • Dockside for rigging check w/ Mike (PV Sailing/North Sails)
  • Back to La Cruz Anchorage
Ta-da! Another day at silks class
These next few photos are the view from the balcony at El Jardin del Pulpo (the coffee shop that hosts the silks class)
Goofing off at silks class
This seems to be B’s favorite pose
Alex in the middle of a flip
They call this “the diaper”
Stretching out after silks

Logbook – February 5, 2014 (La Cruz Anchorage)

Daily Notes

  • T – sick

Logbook – February 6, 2014 (La Cruz Anchorage to Punta de Mita)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 1115 Engines on
  • 1132 Depart
  • 1153 Engines off. Main + genoa.
  • 1233 Watermaker 3 hours
  • 1513 P engine on (SB on later)
  • 1549 Arrive Punta de Mita

Daily Notes

  • Jack crevalle 😦 x 3 😦 😦 😦
  • Whales everywhere
  • Boys lose iPads for 2 weeks
  • Movie night – Ender’s Game

Email to family and friends dated February 6, 2014

Subject: Cruising again

We splashed back in the water yesterday, and after a (very) quick rigging inspection we spent the night in the La Cruz anchorage. Today we sailed around the bay, caught 3 (yes 3) Jack Crevalle 😦 😦 😦 but on the bright side there were whales absolutely everywhere. We just dropped anchor at Punta de Mita and either tomorrow or Saturday we are going to head south down the coast and actually do some cruising again. We have decided with time running out that we will depart for the puddle jump from here in Banderas bay, so we will come back here in a couple weeks to do final provisioning and a couple minor projects in order to be ready to jump by March 1.
Love and miss you all,

At 2/2/2014 1:45 PM (utc) our position was 20°45.00’N 105°22.15’W

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