S4, Ep46 Sailing Couple's Final Countdown — The Week Before We Sailed Away
7 de diciembre de 2025 · 17 min · 780 visitas · San Diego, United States
Qué cubre este vídeo
Tim and his partner aboard the Mystic miss the Baja Ha-Ha fleet departure from San Diego Bay — 138 boats — by roughly a week and a half, watching from shore while finishing final projects before their own departure to Mexico.0:21 Cracked and deteriorating isinglass in the dodger gets replaced: after two days of trial and error learning to thread and operate an industrial sewing machine with help from Sailrite website tutorials, new plastic panels are cut and stitched in.3:41 Tim completes remaining electrical work while Vinny coaches him through a scuba tank dive to clean the bottom and replace anodes.7:17 Provisioning aboard a deep fridge-freezer combination raises questions about what will freeze versus refrigerate; produce storage rules — keeping onions, apples, and potatoes separated — get worked out on the fly.10:54 Dinghy davits, planned but unbuilt, get deferred to Mexico; a temporary solution lashes the aluminum dinghy to the stern, blocking the aft view but clearing the swim step.14:35 A neighboring boat, the Argonauts, plans to depart the same Sunday.12:15 One other marina boat targets Monday, which the crew's weather apps flag as a poor departure day.12:29 The Mystic moves off the mooring ball to guest docks three days before the Sunday departure.11:55
Más de Sailing Into the Mystic
De Sailing Into the Mystic — mira el barco del canal, la tripulación y cada vídeo analizado.
The Sailing Directory Newsletter
Un correo electrónico con los mejores hallazgos de la flota: los momentos, barcos e historias que merecen tu tiempo de visionado. Introduce tu dirección para recibir tu propia copia.