It is that time in a boat owners’ life when the sailboat is in need of a new wardrobe.
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The List is Shrinking!
Spending all our time tied to the dock has allowed us to catch up on our to-do list, so much so that we might leave here with nothing left to fix! Though Murphy’s Law will surely strike again, it feels good to have made so much progress on all the small things we’ve been putting off fixing onboard. Here’s a brief summary of what we’ve been up to here in Chiapas this month.
Continue reading “The List is Shrinking!”An Ode to Grocery Deliveries
Here at Marina Chiapas there is not much happening these days besides heat, humidity, and the occasional thunderstorm.
Continue reading “An Ode to Grocery Deliveries”Summer down South
With hurricane season in full swing out in the Pacific, we settle in to a lazy routine in our new temporary home base in Puerto Chiapas. Between boat projects, we relax and enjoy the tropical weather, visit the nearby city of Tapachula and jump through the bureaucratic hurdles necessary to send a package back to the USA.
Continue reading “Summer down South”More repairs among heat and humidity
This week we finally placed our new sails order. More on that soon! But now we have to wait. Six to eight weeks. In the meantime we continue slowly checking items off our to-do list. Will we run out of things to do before we leave here? I don’t think so!
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