Heading South

October 19th was departure day. We sailed from Long Beach to Newport Beach, where we picked up Mexican visas, fishing licenses and entry documents from Joan Irvine's document service. The next day we sailed on to Oceanside, where we stopped two nights while I did more work on the boat. I touched up the varnish, disassembled and reconditioned the primary winches, and worked on our WiFi amplifier and antenna set up. I also replaced the regulator and connector on the propane tank in order to deal with a propane leak. Then it was on to Mission Bay, where we will meet up with our crew for the trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas--my sister Janet and her husband Paul. They are both experienced sailors and we are looking forward to sailing with them.