We have left Mexico and have flown to Montreal for the remainder of the season. We will be returning to the interior for the beginning of May. Sailing season is done for now, with all the work done this season look out for next season we will be very mobile and defiant08 with not stop sailing. More updates to fallow.
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We have finally finished the project we came here in September to do, that we started be fore we left in 2012. That project was to install a bimini, replace the dodger and replace the stern steel cable lifelines with steel tube. The dodger replacement was a job we knew had to be done the first time we looked at Defiant08, hey we got an extra five years out of it. The bimini was a job we discovered, sailing in the heat of the Mexican summer, we needed more shade, and that starts with a bimini. The stern lifeline replacement was an upgrade to help keep people in the cockpit when you are being thrown around by rough seas and together with the bimini steel makes a really neat rollcage. As the structure for the bimini went up it was also decided to mount the solar panels on the bimini, which meant more structure had to be added, which meant a longer project overall and more delays for canvas. Once the steel was done the canvas contractor Pedro Morano was called and the canvas started, details are in older posts. Well, it all finished Friday after a couple false starts with the dodger, our receipts show we paid our start deposit in August 3013 with the last stitch February 7 2014.  Defiant08 before stern steel work done  Steel work when we left in 2012 just bimini  Steel work with solar installed  Bimini complete canvas steel and solar panels  Starboard side Steel canvas early evening  Port side view in the cool of the evening  Another view from head on  Diana enjoying the shade of the new Dodger  Mike enjoying the shade from the new bimini
We went to a local eatery for their Super Sunday specials and football game, food was good, beer was good, football sucked, at least they could have an exciting game. We have tried all three restaurants pictured, they are good and very close, located in the marina complex. Next up Daytona 500 Feb 23, now that should be exiting.  local eateries general pub, then Mexican wing and burger place followed by the pizza parlor  View of those restaurants from the deck of Defiant08 On our way back, or during our walk it tends to get hot , so it is necessary to stop and cool off. It is a long beach so we pick a section with not to many people, cool off then on with the walk, at around 30c it does not take long to dry off.  The parachute tow boat waiting for customers  For our safety, The lifeguard  After the wave  Diana getting hit by a big wave  Trying to look graceful in the surf Each week we try and go for a walk and breakfast, mostly on Sundays, so as usual we had breakfast just out side the RV park near the beach in Cerritos. Breakfast was good and full of RV tourists, we set off for the beach, for the most part it was a lovely morning , the tide was going out, and not to many people. As we walked along there were baby turtles on the beach stranded by the out going tide, at first we saw people putting them back in the water just to be washed back onshore, so these poor little turtles were born learned to swim and how to fly in one day. As we walked we came across three baby turtles and I did my part to help them survive. They are the coolest little creature I have ever held and you can feel the strength in them as they try to get away, all three ended up in the ocean and we hope they go on to have long life. Baby turtles how cool!!  The beach and some of the hotels  A great way to start your day  Our destination Cerritos  inside the bus to our breakfast and beach walk  guess who, the bus driver  Diana and I waiting at the bus loop As there has been a lot of talk recently in the news about the Mexican government and cruisers ( people here with boats, mostly from Canada and the United States). The situation is that the Mexican government wants to make sure that the cruisers have paid their proper taxes for bringing their boats into Mexican waters. The officials want each vessel to have a Temporary Import Permit, Current Vessel documentation, and proof of Mexican liability insurance. The import permit costs under 100$ and is good for 10 years the rest usually expire yearly, so vessels down here tend to stay here for long periods of time and thing lapse and the government has decided to check this out. We have not had any trouble and I have checked, all our paper work is up to date.  sunset  Diana from up the mast  mike at play Happy New year to all, I hear it is cold up north ,and I hope everyone is bundled up. The weather here is a little warmer than usual, but I won’t rub it in. We are doing well, but not doing much all project are on hold until after the holidays. We had a quiet Christmas and New Year, All the best in 2014. I hope everyone had a happy and joyous Christmas, It was nice talking to everyone , and those missed will be getting a call. We had a very nice Christmas dinner at a local sports bar called Christy’s a great place to enjoy Christmas dinner when unable to enjoy with family. Diane had the turkey and I had the ham and we shared. It was a popular event here and they ended up with four seating’s, we ate during the 4 to six seating. This was much more civilized than our last experience eating out, Diana and I were at a pub on the main street, not even near the beach, and this older gentleman enters very pale and looks like he just arrived bald and no shirt and jeans. Diana and looked at each other in horror hoping he was not Canadian, he was, and he stayed this half naked, very pale man, we were not impressed. Merry Christmas to all of you from Vancouver to Montreal and all in-between, we are doing very well enjoying the Christmas season without any snow, it rain yesterday making us nostalgic for the snow of the mountains, but it is nice and warm here. My first selfie is so bad I had to show you, but it is the first time we are both in the same photo, usually we take pic’s of each other, enjoy. I had to show you the original Defiant as you know we are Defiant08, but this is the boat without any numbers registered in all of Canada, and there she sits right across from us, it is a small world. The original Defiant is registered out of Toronto. The other pic’s are of our view from the boat as you look around the marina  My first Selfie  View from Defiant08  A view from Defiant08  The original Defiant
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