Quite a roller coaster ride this week!
With only days to go before it's time to leave Ventura in order to make San Diego in time, all the
Ha-Ha-ers in the harbor are in panic mode. Including me! I finally
made it back into the water and back to my slip on Tuesday, but only
after having to be pulled out of the water again to replace a
corroded bolt in the packing gland that I broke off by over tightening
it. I did get everything on the haulout list completed, however, and
the bill was about what I expected. Ventura Harbor Boatyard is one
of the best: a large, friendly and very competent crew at fair
prices. Even got a free T-shirt. However, I got little sleep
Tuesday night worrying about “what-ifs” and all the things that
still needed to be handled. As a consequence, Wednesday was a full
panic mode day as I frenetically made multiple phone calls or visits
to banks, lawyers, doctors, pharmacies and insurance companies both
in the U.S. and Mexico. Today was much better. I was pretty amazed
at how much I handled yesterday, and many issues had been resolved by
noon today. My rigger was able to get the rig surveyed this afternoon, and when I
get his report, hopefully by Monday, I should be able to get hull
insurance for Mexico. At this point, it looks like I'll make it
fine, although I probably will not get some non-essential, but nice
to do, things done. I'm SO looking forward to getting away from the
stress, expense and hard work of preparation and into
Margaritaville!!
In she goes!
