Brief update

Hi everyone.
As you guys know, the internet in the marina is terrible - that's why you haven't heard more from us. We've been trudging through our to-do list and have just about got the essential items wrapped up. Our aim was to leave Ensenada this Wednesday, the 12th, but two things have gotten in the way.

One is that we've both got a bad case of the flu. Major bummer. It's a pretty persistent bug, the typical sore throat, runny nose, headache and lethargy. A simple walk into town is completely exhausting! It's such a bummer!

The other delay is we need another last minute run to San Diego. This takes an entire day to take the bus up to Tijuana, wait in the line to cross the boarder on foot, get on the trolley on the US side to San Diego, do our business, then do it all again in reverse to get back. The reason we have to go is that two days ago when we were changing the membrane on the watermaker, Bill was reaching over to put the camera on the boat from the dock just at the same moment I was turning around. We had a very minor collision, but it was enough to knock the camera from his hand directly into the water. Needless to say it's Bye-Bye camera. Murphy and his silly "laws" were definitely around since our friend Jack had just dropped his glasses into the water in exactly the same place only 15 minutes before! A neighbor, Arek who was diving on his boat offered to have a look for the glasses and the camera- but they were nowhere to be found. So now we need a new camera and Jack needs new glasses! Well, the price of cameras here in Ensenada are ridiculous for what you get so it means a trip north. I've ordered one on-line which is being delivered to the same Arek and his partner Iwona who have taken their boat north to the Chula Vista marina in San Diego. It should arrive on Tuesday, so I'll make the trip to "the dark side" on Wednesday. Hopefully this will all work out!!! I'm not doing this trip without a camera!

This is why there are no pictures in this post - they're all 3.6 meters under water!

About tracking us on the journey. We still don't have all the information we need to give you in order to track us. The link will be:
http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps_reporting_boat_list
There is another boat in the list with the name Kailani that's NOT us. You'll be able to identify us by our YOTREPS ID or call sign, but none of this really starts working until we set sail and begin reporting our location. And even then, it's dependent on radio reception... and our deficient skills to use the radio! We will definitely post the info on the blog before we depart.

So, sorry we've been so out of touch. The days have been pretty full on. I keep telling myself we'll be able to relax soon when we're on the passage!! And by the way, we plotted our course yesterday and it's only 2,700 or so nautical miles in a rumb line - so it may only take us 27 or 28 days
instead of 32! Yeaaaa! We'll see - it's all wind dependent. We head off at 217 degrees true on the compass for 180 NM to miss Guadalupe Island, then change to 212 for the rest of the trip. Nice and easy slide.....Hopefully :)

Well, I have to get off my bum and get into town to pick up the last of our first-aid supplies.... and more flu medicine! We'll post on the blog before the end of the week. I really hope we can make it out of here by Friday. The plan was to leave on Wednesday since the weather looked perfect, then the flu and camera debacle happened, so now we'll have to wait and see.

Stay tuned....