August 18, 1997-This seems like the good life to us
I don't know if it was the two splashes of rum I had since we anchored here today or just the overall ambience of this place, but when Judy started to hand dinner up from the galley I knew this was the good life, for sure:
We are anchored just outside of Guaymas, behind a scenic little island of red rocks and cactus. The place is very still and surprisingly cool for the Sonoran desert in August. Dinner is barbequed chicken mole over rice, fresh coleslaw, bread, and a bottle of good Mexican red wine (yes, there is such a thing). We had a nice 13 mile sail today, after a morning swimming and finishing a bottom cleaning job on the boat. Tomorrow we'll go on into Guaymas harbor to check it out. Right now we can hear the rush hour traffic leaving town (they are crossing a bridge to the east side suburb of Empalme, if you can believe that) and a fishing boat or two moving out the channel to the north of us. There are Pelicans diving nearby. Tonight I'll finish the Tom Clancy book I picked up at the book trade counter in San Carlos, then, maybe write another Email or two.
Yep, no question, this is A-OK.
August 21, 1997
We went into Guaymas harbor, found a good spot to anchor, and had a nice stay. This is a town the tourists don't bother with, it is mostly industrial. The harbor has large ships, several hundred medium size fishing boats, boatyards, shipyards, naval station, etc etc. The town however is pretty much normal Mexican city, sans gringos. We dingy'd in, found a good restraunt, had fine shrimp dinners and lots of ice cold beer, bought some supplies including a bag of ice and went back to WINGS. Since then we have had one Chubasco wind (sudden 45kts at night and pouring rain) which caused us to re-anchor and stay up for a couple of hours watching the situation, one cell phone problem which we solved with the help of the local cell phone distributor a computer nerd and shrimp boat owner who has three land lines, two cell phones, and two computers on his desk, very friendly and knowledgeable, and the problem turned out to be theirs, and one engine problem which turned out to be a plastic bag stuck in the water intake screen. I wouldn't dive in the harbor to fix it due to the filthy water there so we used an alternate intake until this afternoon when we were out away from Guaymas proper. All in all it was a very pleasant stay, we like Guaymas.
Now we are motoring north, the wind is light and we want to run the water maker and charge the batteries, plus we want to get to the next harbor before dark, so we are not sailing. We'll stop in San Carlos again for a couple of days, then head towards the northern portions of the Sea of Cortez for a month.
Esta Ton Beauty
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Guaymas, Mexico
We are anchored just outside of Guaymas, behind a scenic little island of red rocks and cactus. The place is very still and surprisingly cool for the Sonoran desert in August. Dinner is barbequed chicken mole over rice, fresh coleslaw, bread, and a bottle of good Mexican red wine (yes, there is such a thing). We had a nice 13 mile sail today, after a morning swimming and finishing a bottom cleaning job on the boat. Tomorrow we'll go on into Guaymas harbor to check it out. Right now we can hear the rush hour traffic leaving town (they are crossing a bridge to the east side suburb of Empalme, if you can believe that) and a fishing boat or two moving out the channel to the north of us. There are Pelicans diving nearby. Tonight I'll finish the Tom Clancy book I picked up at the book trade counter in San Carlos, then, maybe write another Email or two.
Yep, no question, this is A-OK.
August 21, 1997
We went into Guaymas harbor, found a good spot to anchor, and had a nice stay. This is a town the tourists don't bother with, it is mostly industrial. The harbor has large ships, several hundred medium size fishing boats, boatyards, shipyards, naval station, etc etc. The town however is pretty much normal Mexican city, sans gringos. We dingy'd in, found a good restraunt, had fine shrimp dinners and lots of ice cold beer, bought some supplies including a bag of ice and went back to WINGS. Since then we have had one Chubasco wind (sudden 45kts at night and pouring rain) which caused us to re-anchor and stay up for a couple of hours watching the situation, one cell phone problem which we solved with the help of the local cell phone distributor a computer nerd and shrimp boat owner who has three land lines, two cell phones, and two computers on his desk, very friendly and knowledgeable, and the problem turned out to be theirs, and one engine problem which turned out to be a plastic bag stuck in the water intake screen. I wouldn't dive in the harbor to fix it due to the filthy water there so we used an alternate intake until this afternoon when we were out away from Guaymas proper. All in all it was a very pleasant stay, we like Guaymas.
Now we are motoring north, the wind is light and we want to run the water maker and charge the batteries, plus we want to get to the next harbor before dark, so we are not sailing. We'll stop in San Carlos again for a couple of days, then head towards the northern portions of the Sea of Cortez for a month.
Esta Ton Beauty
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Guaymas, Mexico
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