Dec. 30 2011

Greetings,

Well, we’re back in the boat yard again. We’ve pulled Second Star out of the water to put the new bulbous bow on and, as usual, it’s going to take a little longer than we’d hoped (hope springs eternal). We pulled her Tues morning and were hoping to be going back in the water this evening but, while progress is going very well, it won’t be done by 1700hrs which means we won’t be able to go back in the water until Mon. So we will be bringing in the New Year with a splash (LOL. I crack myself up). The good news is, the new bulbous bow looks great. I think it will do the job even better than the first one.

Happy New Year! Continue to live your dreams…

Susie aeon

Christmas tree aboard Second Star

Dec. 22 2011

Season’s Greetings,

There’s not much to report about what has been happening lately. Things in Isla Mujeres have been pretty routine. We’re getting ready to make a trip to Cuba after the first of the year. We’ll be going in tandem with another boat the owner of which is married to a Cubana and has spent lots of time there. It will be good to have someone who knows the system to help guide us. We’re really looking forward to the fishing and diving in the unspoiled areas over there.

In the meantime, Capt. Johne is still picking up lots of little jobs around the marina and we’re both getting though project aboard Second Star.

I’ve started taking a yoga class a couple of times a week. It’s good to have the organization of a class to remind me to stretch, focus and breath. The social aspect is nice as well.

We had our winter solstice party last night. It was a fun dock party with lots of interesting people from all over the place. The rain broke things up a little early but a good time was had by all.

I hope all our friends and family are having a wonderful holiday season and that the coming year will bring lots of love and laughter, peace and harmony, and lots of s’s to us all.

Susie aeon

Nov. 21 2011
Greetings,
First, I wanted to let you know I’m changing my approach for the updates. This will be the last one you’ll get in your email. From now on, I’m going to be posting them on;
secondstaradventures.blogspot.com
I will send out an email announcement when I post a new update but it will be up to you if you want to go check it out.
We’ve also added a share page for our SPOT tracking;
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0iqrJYngZjSFpgCsLim3MlgpIQIYeVGXP
So you’ll be able to follow our progress when we are underway if you’d like.
Now for the update; we finally made it back to Isla Mujeres Mexico. The weather in the gulf held us in FL much longer than we had planned, but eventually we found a window that we could slip down to Key West and, from there, get in between the fronts to cut across the gulf and Yucatan channel. The crossing went well. Our friend Daryl made the trip with us so we had a 2-hours-on-4-hours-off watch schedule which makes it a lot easier. It felt good to get “home” although we’re thinking we’re getting too comfortable in Isla and should move on before we get “stuck” here.
My mother came down to visit last week and we had a good time showing her around the island and sharing our world here with her (snorkeling, music, beautiful sunsets…). She left yesterday to spend time with my sister in CA so now life here returns to “normal” (for us anyway).
Johne’s working on a couple of boats other than Second Star and, of course, always has things he’s working on here. I have some projects aboard that have been waiting for some spare time and a-round-toit, which I think I’ve got now. I’ll let you know in the next update how I did.
Until then, be well and live your dreams.
Susie aeon

Oct. 12 2011

Greetings,

Well, we made it up to FL after two false starts. When we first tried to leave to head up here, we were still having some grief from the exhaust system. Also, in an attempt to fix a very small oil dip from the breather tubes on the main engines, a back pressure was created that caused a substantial oil leak in both turbos (D’oh). So, after those issues were fixed, we finally got across the gulf. It was an easy crossing. Relatively flat and calm the whole way. We got in and tied off at the dock at 1930 on Thursday 29^th and hit the ground running. We’ve been visiting with friends, working and gathering up the things we’ll be taking back with us. We were planning on taking off today to head back down to Mexico but the weather window is too small. The calm seas are only giving us a day and a half and we need three days to get there. So we’re on hold waiting for a better window (no more big seas). It’s looking like we might be able to go next week but we’ll just have to wait and see. Hopefully, with this delay, we’ll get to see a few more friends.

Until there is more news to report…

All the best,

Susie aeon