Turtle Bay...........

12-15-12

Today is Saturday, (I think)..... We left Turtle Bay last night at 9:00. We had been trying to get the generator to start so we could use our water maker to fill our water tanks, but it would not start! It's sooooo frustrating to constantly get knocked back like this. First it was the toilets, then the batteries, then the radar, then, then, then...... Oh and don't let me forget, that our Bimini was shredded to pieces in the instant storm that took everyone on the boat to pull up anchor, get out and over to the other side of Turtle Bay, soaked to the skin.......

Darrell spent a couple of hours trying to fix it, when we decided to radio into the village and see if they could send someone out. They brought Alejandro out (Alex), and he helped Darrell take some generator parts off. We were missing the right tool! He couldn't speak a lick of English, so we would try to relay our message to him over the radio, to the young man who works for Annabelle and Reuben....the fuel and diner people. He was able to be the go between. Darrell, Jake and Alex (who is now fighting to NOT throw up), leave with Antonio in the Panga, to town. They aren't gone very long when Darrell comes back and says it's the battery and they don't have any in town...... This I do NOT understand! They live in the tinniest little dirt looking huts, but every house had at least 1 or 2 cars.....there were cars everywhere. How can they NOT have a battery? So we laid down to see if we could all get in a 2 hr., nap. We got up at 8:30 pm., called BlackJack, and they were pulling up anchor. I think they had been trying to contact us, but we'd had our radio off. We all jumped into crazy mode......and were able to pull out right behind them. It had been raining while we were sleeping and everything on deck was wet. So while were leaving and wiping everything down, we're all getting everything hunkered down. Darrell and Whitney took the first shift, and the water was pretty choppy. The min., they got out of the Bay and into open waters, they could see that it was phosphorous water again. There were dolphins everywhere, zipping by like green torpedoes.

Jordan and Jamin were on watch from 1:00 am., until after sunrise. The water was so choppy it felt like we were being tossed around like a toy boat on the water. Darrell slept like a log, I on the other hand, have to keep going up on deck to check and see if things are alright. I should just sit on deck. It doesn't feels as bad up there as when your down below, can't see anything, things are flying here and there.....

The boy's got to see the same great dolphin show..... We were heading into a storm by the time the boy's shift was over, so Darrell went up with Jake and have spent the morning portion, until now, 1:45 P.M., on shift. We were in some pretty messy water and the clouds looked like they were going to dump. But somehow we out ran them, and were just ahead of it all. The sail being out made things a little more stable. After a few hrs., they were able to lift the sails and turn off the motor for 3 hrs. Everyone below slept like babies..........I don't know what my deal is, I'm still catnapping here and there. To see the black clouds up in front of our buddy boat, (BlackJack), and the choppy water and waves is a bit unnerving to say the least. But it is still beautiful to the eye. The sun was up, cutting through the black clouds, and you could see our tiny boats in a sea of nothing but blue, black and streaks of brilliant light! We've had breakfast, lunch and saving the chili I made for dinner. We are rationing our water, because without a generator we can't run the water maker. Our friends are going to motor with us through the night and hit Mag by tomorrow. If weather looks good, we are going to bypass Mag Bay and continue on to Cabo San Lucas. With no generator to charge our batteries while we are at anchor, we don't want to take the risk. The batteries stay charged while we are motoring. One great thing. I've never prayed so much in my life!!!

(I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS............)