Hello from anchorage A9 in San Diego! We have procured a FREE 30 day permit to anchor next to the USCG station in San Diego reserved for cruisers whose boats are registered outside of San Diego county. This anchorage holds only 20 boats and we are 1 of 12 sitting on the beautiful bay front of the city. This city has the most beautiful waterfront bordering the city at night.....even if it wasn't Christmas with all the high-rise lights and etc. it's got to be a beautiful site year round.
As you know we decided to return to S.D. after entering Mexican waters as the NOAA weather report had been totally wrong and we hit some nasty confused seas...confused seas my a - s! They knew EXACTLY what they were doing crashing over the bow, stern, port and starboard, sideways and EVERY way........
Anyway, we still have our desperately defective SEAWARD stove that needs to be repaired.! We've been calling Defender and Seaward for MONTHS now with problems we are having with it, and FINALLY "Tom" the rep at Seaward said he would meet us as SOON as we got to SD and take care of it...I called him as soon as we were checked in with the Harbor Police and Tom said our arrival was "bad timing for him" and told us he would send someone else down ASAP, since he had been in SD all day the day before. We eagerly awaited the repairman and even though we had supplies we had to procure, we made sure we had the phone with us at ALL TIMES, so we wouldn't miss the call AND the opportunity to get our BRAND NEW yet poorly designed/manufactured stove's issues repaired.....Well, all I can say right now so I won't get my panties in a bunch over this, SEAWARD STOVES SUCK AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS WORSE---We plan on telling EVERY cruiser we meet in the world NOT to even THINK about buying a stove from SEAWARD...........harumph!!!!!!!!
With issues going on with the boat, flooding rains for 2 days, short tempers and rapidly depleting funds, Jay and I are getting frustrated....so it was nice to get a friendly invitation to share Christmas Eve dinner with Tammie, her mom Lynn and her husband Richard.......
We had a lovely prime rib dinner last night with them and enjoyed a great Christmas eve filled with interesting conversation over cocktails. Richard gave us a great book on cruising yacht systems by Nigel Calder. Jay has had his nose buried in it all morning. I thinks he likes it! We will now tackle the current fuel tanks bilge water intrusion problem!
Merry Christmas to all!
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Methinks you guys are due for some good luck. Well, you DID get away from Charleston, so there's that, but it would be nice if you could have at least one passage without something major screwing up. Just doesn't seem fair somehow. Glad you got the Nigel Calder book. I assume it's his "Cruising Handbook". You also should treat yourself to his "Mechanical and Electrical Manual" if you don't already have it.
ReplyDeleteWe're still looking forward to seeing you one of these days. We'll be in La Paz until the end of January at least. We'll try to not soak up all the sunshine so there's a little left for you two water-logged Pacific Northwesterners when you get here.
-Steve & Lulu
The book that Richard gave me was "Boatowners Mechanical & Electrical Manual". I already had "Nigel Calders Cruising Handbook". What is interesting is that he says nothing about the best product to use (5200?) when installing through hulls. At least not that I have found yet.
ReplyDeleteDo save some of that sunshine. We could use it here, It's raining today,but the rent's free. So that's a pluss.
See you guy sometime within the next decade or so! Don't forget to keep that sun shining.
Happy New Year!!! I think that's the next one coming up that you we can look forward to!!! Bill and I are thinking of you two a lot! I am hoping that the bad luck will slow down and you will have lots of 4 leaf clovers in your future!!! I hooked Bill up to your blog so he might be able to help you in the future. Glad you had a nice Christmas, we spent Christmas with Bill cooking a turkey and had it with one of his boys and his wife. Nice slow day. Bill is looking forward to getting back to working on the Islander.....You help him to get excited!!!
ReplyDeletePS Was it your cooking stove that had a problem???
Hugs
Kathy and Bill and Mattie