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 29th 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
