Day 26-28 in Mobile, Preparing for the Gulf of Mexico (11/22 to 11/24)

We spent most of the morning getting ready for the boom truck to lift the mast, and by 11:00 we were ready, which was good because he showed up 1 1/2  hours early. Windy, and on and off down pours made for a good time to set up the mast. We did get it set just fine. By the end of day 26 she looked a lot like a sail boat again. I spent over an hour getting the mud and muck cleaned off the deck, or most of it any way... We got dinner at the waffle house, oh boy.

The morning of day 27 we had hoped we would be ready to go by about noon, but that was not looking good. I had the car from the marina and from 12-2  I ran in to Mobile to do our last supply run. When I got back Dave had been fighting with one of the new lines we put on, trying to berade a loop in the end. He did give up on that one. He had much better luck with some of the other lines, and by the end of the day we did have one sail on the boat and the boom was in place.

Day 28 (Thanksgiving Day) we had one last line to finish up and Dave had to go up in the chair to near the top of the mast. That went better than we thought in might. Then it was time to set the main sail and check everything out on the boat to make sure it is ready. We then got the kyaks rigged and in the water next to the boat. When we pull out in the morning they will fall behind us till we get to Belize. The last thing to do is repack the boat, clean and straighten up, showers, and dinner.

In the morning we are off, next stop Belize.

The Spot should let everyone know where we are everyday, so you see as we make our way across the gulf.


I will keep doing daily blogs and post them when we get to Belize, along with photos too.

We are in the Gulf of Mexico

This will be last post till we get to Belize. See you in about 10 days or so.

Long weekend

We both passed the 104 class. Rain, thunder, 30 mile a hour winds to no wind. 8-10 foot seas to glass its been along weekend. Now a 4 hour drive home. More details later.

Great weekend on the boat

Lori and I spent the last two days on the boat . The temps were in the upper 80's both days. Saturday night we anchored on the lake. We had some light winds on Saturday we sailed down to Pepin got some ice there. It is about 10 miles down river on the lake. then we motored back up about 1/2 Way where we spent the night. At 4:30 am the anchor drag alarm started going off. After checking everything out we were fine. I needed to change the settings some. The lake was nearly like a sheet of glass. The wind changed overnight from north to south, and it looked like we were floating down river, but with that very slight south breeze, it only made it look like it.  In the morning the wind was nearly zero so we ended up motoring back to the harbor and picked up Lori's brother Brian. We did try to do come sailing but still no wind. So we cooked some food on the bbq grill and relaxed  before bring Brian back. Then off to DQ for quick treat then back the boat for more relaxing and naps. Tonight we plan to watch another movie before retiring for the night. In the morning we head home. But we will be back on Friday again.

Passed the 101 class

Both dave and I passed the ASA 101 class tonight. We start the 103 next week.

boat we took 101 class on

5/8/11

Driving home now. We got all of the 2nd coat of the rubber coating on today before the rain came in. The rubber coating is strange stuff to work with. While trying to heat up the forward cabin, I melted the light off the ceiling, oops. Wednesday we should wrap up the rubber and start putting everything back together.

Test post for photo location

Testing to see if GPS location shows up on blog

Mobile blogging

I am testing to see how the mobile blogging works off my phone. The photo is Lori and I on Yellowstone bike trip couple of years ago