John picked us up at 1 PM and took us to the Immigrations and Customs office in the city where I obtained the boat clearance for Pachuca. We must depart San Diego within 48 hours after the issue of that clearance.
Along the way we paid a quick visit to the maritime museum where I took a photo of the square rigger that played HMS Surprise in Master and Commander and other ships.
We visited John and Priscilla for a dinner of scrumptious barbecue spare ribs and potatoes baked to perfection, accompanied by a pretty good bottle of 2005 French red and a bottle of Russian River chardonnay. I found it difficult to say good bye to them. They have been great company and generous and kind beyond words. Perhaps I will see them when they cruise the South Pacific on their boat Rebbecca. Arnold is more fortunate because he has good prospects of seeing them again either here in San Diego or more likely at his home in Kingston.
We plan to depart tomorrow (Saturday 13 February) in the early afternoon to catch the afternoon wind. We intend to sail all night in order to reach Ensenada, 60 miles away, during daylight. We expect calm seas and light but favorable winds.
Tomorrow morning we will try to find time to do a bit of rigging work and then I will visit the SDYC office to notify them of our departure. We will then top up our water tanks, pack away the folding bicycle, move the Zodiac from the foredeck to the cockpit, stow the shore power cable, and prepare our lines. On the way out we will fill up our diesel tanks with about 40 liters of fuel.
The last photo is of John in front of the Master and Commander ship.
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