On Wednesday morning (February 15), Christi and Keith finished washing the boat. They also went back over the parts they’d done on Tuesday to remove the layer of residue that had already formed.
We had a late lunch the Spanish restaurant in Costa Baja, called Taberna Espanola. Eric ordered two tapas: a mushroom stuffed with pork topped with a quail egg and beef filet with caramelized onions served on toast.
Sunrise on Sunday, February 12
We were craving Italian food. We took the 1310 shuttle into town to get some. The shuttle was about 12 minutes late (relevant for Monday’s story).
Someone had recommended a place called Locos Por la pasta (Crazy for Pasta), located across the street from the north side of the art museum.
Sunrise on Tuesday, February 7
The weather was back to cold and windy again. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, we mostly laid low in the marina. Eric finally completed a project that he’d started in San Diego: creating a system to better secure the anchor. Back in San Diego, Eric had bought a piece of 3/4″ starboard and had cut some slots in it to hold the anchor in place so it wouldn’t rattle around when the boat was in motion. He secured the board in place with some dyeema line that has an anti-chaffing sleeve cover over it and a clip. He strapped the line to the cleat on the deck.
Sunday and Monday (February 5 and 6) were more chores days. The weather was sunny and warm, with it reaching 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 celsius) both days. Eric:
Christi and Keith finally got around to washing the boat. They were dismayed to see that it wasn’t mud all over the boat, it was some sort of water-resistant residue. It was similar, but not quite like the jet fuel residue that we used to get on our first boat, which we’d kept next to the San Diego Airport. It was less similar to, but not totally different from, the container ship exhaust that was all over Kosmos when we briefly had her in the Port of Los Angeles (In 2010, while the blog was on hiatus). We’re guessing the residue must have come from the nearby power plant, or maybe the container ships that we’ve noticed anchored in the area, or some combination of both.
Continue readingSunrise on Saturday, February 4
We decided to take a break from chores today. Instead, we went to breakfast at a small restaurant called La Chata, which was not far from Marina Cortez. It had a cheerful mural on one of the walls.
