Saturday, February 21, 2015

Splashing Wiz

 2/19/2015 - On Wednesday morning we launched Wiz and the water stayed on the outside and the diesel started right up!  We got in the slip and worked on getting the sails up before the afternoon winds came up.  The car on the genoa roller furling was hanging up badly on several of the joints in the foil.  I spent a couple of hours in the bosun's chair filing and polishing the joints so the car would travel smoothly.  Finally got it, and raised and furled the genoa just as the wind piped up.  All the other systems seem to be working, though we have not started the outboard.  Sold the old inflatable dingy so we may put the new one together tomorrow.  Went to Guaymas today and did some provisioning.  The exchange rate is the best we have ever seen it.  We got nearly 15 MXN per USD at the ATM.  Gas, however is still roughly twice as expensive as home, not sure why.  Check out how you buy Acetone here.  They decant it into a used water bottle and tape a skull and crossbones on it!? 

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