I am very excited to be writing that we are now in the final stages of preparation for our departure date in July 2010. We attended the boat show and have been ivestigating new equipment and purchasing new items such as solar panels. We will receive the solar panels soon and will start the process to install them. Jim is learning a lot about electronics and the inner workings of Liebling. We did purchase a new dinghy at the boat show-what a treat. I can't wait to try it out. We have a friend and electronics engineer helping us to install a new moniter (chart plotter) in the cockpit as well as new computer that will also run the radar and AIS system. As we install these new systems and learn new gadgets it is a very steep learning curve. I think it is called "on the job training".
I have started to clean out shelves and drawers of stuff that we don't need on Liebling so that we can move aboard with the stuff we will need to cruise. We are staying on Liebling 3-4 nights per week now but I will be glad when we can officially call ourselves "liveaboards".
I spent the month of January in Mexico with my girlfriend Carol at her house in El Sergento (40 miles south of LaPaz). I was on a recon mission to check moorage and anchorages in the Sea of Cortez. I can't wait to have Liebling in warm water and warm weather. Our plans at this time is to spend the winter of 2010-2011 in the Sea of Cortez. One of the things that we are installing will be a 5 mile WiFi system so that when we are close to a marina we can have internet access. Don't forget that we do have a Single Side Band radio on board so we will have email access and weather charts even when we are out at sea. If you would like to be included in our mailing list please let me know so that I can add you into WinLink mail list through the Single Side Band Radio.
I want to post at least every two weeks from now on as we are doing more and more to get ready for the big departure date. I will include a couple of pictures from my trip to LaPaz just for fun.
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