I have a departure date!

My last post was on September 20th, I was starting to get ready to head down to Mexico and Mystic, it is now November 12th and I haven't left yet... I do have a departure date though! I will be driving from Santa Cruz to Guaymas (over three days) leaving on Monday the 18th. With my departure looming I feel like I have 1000 things to do, but in reality everything is coming together pretty nicely.

I did end up finding a tiller pilot that should work. The idea of hand steering as much this year as I did last year was more than I could deal with, so I broke down and bought one. It may cramp the cockpit and will definitely be an eye sore, but with the light winds that we had last season I ended up motoring a lot, and the wind vane doesn't work when you're not sailing. 

My plans have solidified slightly since my last post. I will be spending Christmas in Puerto Vallarta with my mom, and then my friend Daniel is coming to PV in early January. Around the beginning of February I am going to head south again and see where I end up. The first leg of my trip from Guaymas to PV will be roughly 500 miles, and take me a little over a week (I will make a few stops along the way, after all this is supposed to be fun.) Ok its time to get back to work, heading to West Marine to pick up the autopilot.