[PUP] 2nd leg of FUBAR, Ensenada to Turtle Bay, night one

[george-pamela at att.net]

Hi Scott:

Will keep this short.  We are still at K&C..probably another week.

My Pamela also suffers Mal de Mer.  Only thing that worked is a drug called Sturgeron Forte, avail. over the counter in Mexico.  Maybe someone in the fleet has some.

All the best.

George
M/V Ocean Lady

-------------- Original message from "Scott E Bulger" <alanui at ocens.net>: -------------- 


> Well it's 01:10 as I start to type this. Marian, my wife is asleep in the bow 
> stateroom. Capt. Mike Maurice is asleep in the saloon and his wife Pam is 
> asleep in the guest stateroom, bottom bunk. The Lugger is hummmming away, the 
> gen set is running and I'm making water with my brand new Village Marine 
> 600gpd no frills unit. We left Ensenada about 100 gallons shy of water 
> because my wife is paranoid about taking on water in Mexico. So, this is the 
> first night we are making a lot of water, honestly it was one of my biggest 
> worries preparing for the trip, because the previous owner had installed a 
> PUR160 which just wasn't going to supply enough water to meet our demands. 
> Thanks to Village Marine in San Diego and Gregg, we are now capable of making 
> lots of good clean water in a reasonable amount of time. 
> 
> A little about the FUBAR and fueling. Well I was boat number 5 in the queue 
> and was called to the dock about 13:00. Being a betting man I'd have put $100 
> bucks on a bet that there was no way Patrick on Paloma was going to get fuel, 
> but somehow he did. To the credit of the FUBAR staff all the boats got the 
> fuel they wanted or needed and all boats were ready for departure in the 
> morning. We had been discussing the leg to Turtle bay and come to the 
> conclusion we would not make a daytime arrival if we left any later than 
> midnight Thursday. Being a 7 knot boat there was just no way to do it sunrise 
> to sunset over a 40 hour period. So we opted to leave yesterday at 20:00. 
> Paloma, Alanui and Wandering Star ( a Selene 43 with Adrian and Joanne Salzar, 
> and their nephew John aboard) are currently heading about 160 degrees at 7 
> knots, probably the lead boats in the fleet as of now! I suspect the faster 
> boats will begin to pass us tomorrow in the afternoon. 
> 
> The sea state is very calm, a gentle swell from astern and just a hint of 
> breeze. No stars, no moon as there is a low overcast obscuring the night sky. 
> I've got the FLIR in the Picture in Picture of the 19" Nauticomp display, and 
> Coastal Explorer and Miltech AIS as the major part of the display. The Furuno 
> is on 3 miles Radar, no chart overlay as Mike thinks it reduces the capability 
> of the Radar, 
> 
> Uh oh, I think I hear my wife getting sea sick... 
> 
> Whew, false alarm. Just Pam coughing a bit. Poor Marian has been dealing 
> with managing her nausea on every leg. She's tried the Scope patch, 
> Dramamine, the wrist shocker and everything else we can think of, with varying 
> success. The Dramamine makes her sleep, probably the best alternative. The 
> Scope patch makes her really thirsty, so much so that she won't use it. The 
> wrist band didn't do anything for her. I was skeptical, but the guy at West 
> Marine said it cured his wifes morning sickness. Mike said sugar pills are 
> 70% effective, so we are tying those next. 
> 
> Anyway, I was describing what works and what doesn't. I guess another 
> disappointment is the Miltech AIS no longer seems to pick up targets from a 
> good distance. a few weeks ago I saw targets as far as 30 miles away, now I'm 
> missing them at 5 miles. I think it may be a hardware issue, but it's going 
> to be hell to figure it out. The guy at Miltech seems to be willing to work 
> with me, so perhaps a replacement unit will be on the way. Only problem now 
> is where to ship it? 
> 
> Next problem is the FLIR video quality has gone to crap. I've got some 
> significant interference in the display and it looks like the resolution has 
> changed dramatically as well. It's still usable, but if it degrades more it 
> will approach being unusable. 
> 
> I just noticed our speed is up to 7.4 knots so we must be getting a bit of a 
> push. Decision time, pull back a hundred RPM and save some flue, or put some 
> miles in the bank? 
> 
> So, just a glimpse into a night passage from a newbie on the first of what we 
> hope to be many passages. 
> 
> Have a great day, and keep the wind at your back! 
> 
> Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA 
> Pacific Ocean, S of Ensenada, 31.18.6 x 116.4 
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