Off to Acapulco

Today we are leaving for Acapulco at about 6:00 pm. We enjoyed the last few evenings listening to Steve and Ralph play and hanging out Captain Bob Strang from Sky. He's a retired Fedex captain whose wife Iris had to return stateside to work for abit. Randy's been teaching him how to drink beer.

The water at Las Gatas Beach is so clear it's unbelievable. We went for one last snorkel yesterday and ran into Josie Kuhn the guitar player.

If these boys weren't so expensive ($600 each). They might have become crew. It was painful to walk by the veterinary clinic every day without taking them along. Instead we picked up a crew member from the yacht, "Orion". His name is Shay. His boss Jim has been helpful in verifying our weather forcasts. Shay, 29 years old, comes from San Diego but originates from the great country of Texas. He has circumnavigated the globe twice by sailboat so I'm sure he can show us a thing or two. We expect the voyage to be about 15 hours. The new crew gets the night shift but that's nothing for a free trip to Acapulco.

Now we are cleaning, stowing and generally getting ready to "cut 'er loose" again.

We met some lovely people here. We hope to run into the SV Effie (Mac and Allan) in Acapulco. We will rent a mooring ball at the Acapulco Yacht Club to start with and then probably anchor on the other side of the bay. Bay Wolf and the catamaran "Don Quixote" are off to Isla Grande with all their kids.

Thea is heading back to the "Great White North" on January 24 for a week or two while Randy hangs in Acapulco.