April 16, 2012
Well I was up at 7:30 today so that I could listen to the VHF net at 8:00. I even went on as a new arrival to the area, which is rare for me, because I don’t like talking on the radio. Someone came on the net this morning and said that he had found a sea snake in his dingy so he felt that he should be warning the rest of us to be careful. A sea snake is far more deadly then a king cobra. The saving grace is that their fangs are set far back in their mouth so unless it finds somewhere, like between your toes, it has a hard time delivering all of this grief (many bare footed third world fishermen have been killed by sea snakes when they have accidentally land them with their catch).
I live on the boat on my bare feet. The last thing I need to worry about is a sea snake in the dingy. I have always hung the dingy out of the water from a halyard to make it harder to steal. Now I have to worry about sea snakes. It will soon be hanging from the masthead 45 ft. above the water!
After the net I took the dingy (after checking for sea snakes) back into the La Paz Marina. There I had a nice hot shower and then went looking for fan belts. I even found cogged belts at Quaker State. I have been looking for them in the size that I need for about 2 years, and haven’t been able to find them until now. I am hoping that they will take the load without the slipping problem. I bought 3 cogged belts and 1 standard. Just in case. I then walked to the Mega and did some shopping. The mile walk there was nice but the one back with all the plastic bags cutting the circulation of in my fingers wasn’t great. Yes Deanna I should have taken a cab. Then, because I was told in the marina office that it was standard policy to just check in on the radio with the Port Captain, I loaded my stuff in the dingy and went back across the harbour to the boat. The wind is still blowing out of the north at 15-20 kmh which made for a bumpy dingy ride. When I got back to the boat I attempted calling the Port Captain on channel 16. Half of Mexico were taking on 16, which is only to be used before calling; then you are to go to another channel. With everyone speaking Spanish over everyone else I finally gave up. Back in the dingy, back across the harbour and then I walked the 2 miles to the Port Captain’s office. Seeing that all that I had to carry were my boat documents it was a nice walk. By the time that I got back to the boat it was 4:00 pm. I spent a pretty quiet afternoon and I expect that it will be another early night.
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