Just incredible isn't it???????

The guys have made it to LePaz and seemed to be happier than in Cabo, of course $27 a night compared to $165 would make anybody smile. The Frayed Knot came out of the water again to have that screaming bearing fixed so as soon as I hear from Paul I will update you all. I do know that they will spend a few more days in LePaz and then head for Mazatlan, according the other cruisers fishing will be better there as I believe the water is warmer. Thanks for the comments on the blog, Paul hasn't seen them as of yet as while in dry dock he does not have Internet access so his replies will be a little late. I hope everyone was able to see the beautiful sunset pictures we sent out, unfortunately I can only download 2 of them, also the camera has sustained some water damage, not from underneath but from above (rain) so pictures from this point on will be a little scarce. Well that is about it for now until next time Same fish time Same fish channel!!

Adios Los Cabos

Well they are off again, Jake and Paul have pulled up the anchors and are on their way to Le Paz. Once there they will have the Frayed Knot pulled out of the water again to take care of the screaming bearing. Hopefully this will be the last time she needs to be pulled. Still have not caught their marlin, although they see them swimming along side of the boat, just for spite I am sure. They bought a couple of more lures while in town as the Wahoo have stolen 3 of their good ones, apparently they are the "cheetah of the sea" as swim about 70mph, and are able to bite through steel lines and they leap tall buildings in a single bound... sorry I was confusing the fish with superman. While in Le Paz they will be able to answer e-mails and upload pictures YEAH!!! then those of us left behind can enjoy this too! Stay tuned for the next update Same fish time same fish channel!!
P.S. Bob, Paul has the SSB dialed in now

Cabo Life

Thanks Bob, for the weather information I forwarded that e-mail along to Paul, and I will continue to check that daily for them! The boys seem to be enjoying Cabo San Lucas, they have been out fishing everyday and although they still have yet to catch the ever so elusive Marlin they have caught some tuna and durado. Saturday upon returning to shore Jake took his durado into the Squiggly Marlin wait maybe it's the Giggly Marlin I'm not sure last time I was there we hit that bar after being in CaboWabo for a few hours-so I really don't remember it well except that they have a mango margarita, anyway when you bring in your catch they will clean, cook and serve it for you-So Paul and Jake truly enjoyed that! Apparently Paul's e-mail is not going through, if you need to contact him he can be reached by cell (if you don't have that number contact me at the house or my cell). The current plan is to actually continue fishing in Cabo but to move to a new living area as the slips at Cabo are running about $165.00 a day, today they are heading up to the "fingers" and then possibly they will move over to La Paz to stay for a while. I am hoping to have Jake upload some photos for all to see soon. "til we meet again... Same fish time, Same Fish channel

CABO Sighting

Just spoke to Paul and Jake, they are within 12 miles of Cabo San Lucas, THANK HEAVENS as they are in high seas and have a major storm coming in. They have been up all night on the verge of being seasick from being tossed around so much. Their plans are to catch some sleep as soon as they arrive and then tonight see about a slip for the month, after that they will hit the town for a well deserved reward of tequila!!! Stay tuned for the next adventure

Paul and Jake are currently in Magdalena Bay, they arrived this morn (WED) since they took some time out to do some fishing. They are thinking of catching up on some sleep and staying for a day before making the run to Los Cabos. Special Thanks to Bob Schoelman for the rush lesson on weather for me, and Bob I was mistaken Paul's SSB is operating he just cannot get the weather. Unfortunately there is a cold front roaming around down there so the boys temp is only in the 70s, they wre hoping for a little warmer so fishing would be better but I think they will have to wait until they hit Cabo. Anyone heading down to see them-please let me know so we can get you hooked up. All for now, will let you know when I speak to them again.

HERE SHE IS, but she is not there anymore. I spoke to Paul on Monday and they were heading out from San Juanico and making the trip to Bahia Magdelena. They had woken up to red skies and based on the old sailors rhyme-storms were comin.

This is where the boat would actually come out of the water, pretty amazing, looks like really hard work, as you can see the old dock is out lived her time and she is being torn down so that more condos can go in OH JOY!! remeber how much I love progress....

This is from a better angle

These are the ramps, I believe they are like railroad rails, according to Nick they used to have a couple of old chevys at the end that would haul the boats out.

Kettenberg

Have some pics so that you can see this wonderful, historic dock before she is torn down this month. The boat was residing here while her last repairs were being made. As you can see she is from 1918. One of the employees; Nick was telling Paul that his grandfather worked here many years ago he also lives on his sailboat at the dock.

And we're Off!

Hello all, just a quick note to let you know that the Frayed Knot has launched and she is currently mooring in Ensenada, Mexico. Paul & Jake left San Diego bright eyed and bushy tailed early Monday morning OK Paul was bright eyed, I'm sure Jakey was not so thrilled at the departure hour. Driscolls did a great job with the shafts, actually credit should go to Art and the guys who work there! I will be uploading some pics and giving a lot more info on Sunday, including their itinerary, how the entry into Mexico went and some of the play-by-play I am getting from Paul. We want to again thank all of you that have had a hand in this, and some that had the patience and job of holding down the forts while their other halves were spending hours helping Paul...if I started to list I would be so afraid that I would by chance miss someone and than I would be upset...so let me just say we couldn't have asked for more caring and dear friends then all of you!! Have a safe & joyous Thanksgiving and we talk with you all afterwards! Be sure to enjoy that Turkey, I believe the boys are serving Tuna!

Update

Hi All, I know you are all wondering and no, the boys did not get to leave with the Bah-ha-ha. Last time out Paul noticed a slight rumble when motoring around in the bay, so we had it checked out and there is a problem with the drive shaft SOOOO they are sitting at Dricolls awaiting their turn...The Knot will come out of the water on the 12th (that's the earliest they can get us in) the machine work will begin on the shafts and as soon as they put them back in place and the boat hits the water, Paul says he doesn't care what else needs to be done they are leaving! This has given both Jake & Paul time enough to get their mesquito netting up before hitting the tropics. I am heading over this weekend to bring the rest of their stuff to them, and hopefully cheer them up a little. I will bring back some pictures and hopefully better news next week! Happy Sailing

San Diego Fires

On a sad note, while in San Diego the skies were filled with smoke and deck was covered in ash, a terrible reminder of just how awful the fires are and the terrible damage being done to friends and neighbors. While traveling back the Santa Anna winds were gusting up to 70 mph, blowing both the truck and the van all over the road, so I can't even imagine trying to stop or slow down a fire in those kinds of conditions.
Our hearts and Prayers go out to those who live in the areas affected by the fires and to those who are brave and strong that risk their lives to fight these fires. God Bless all of them.

Joe has finally found his way back on the boat after walking around the bouy with Chuck and the blue cooler for the last couple of hours and is getting something accomplished, actually I think he is holding on to the table to protect the beautiful flowers that Paul gave me. I do need to give credit to the crew, Jake, Tiff, Joe Diane and Chuck were a great help when we were getting ready to leave for Phoenix-Thank you All!

Joe

Here we find Joe, Chuck & Jake hard at work-ok they are hiding from Diane again

Diane

Sailoress Diane is keeping eye on the boys to make sure they get it done the right way-no slackers on-board while Di is on watch!

Chuck

Chuck is found relaxin up on the Flybridge

Weekend Trip 4

Including this beautiful clipper... a gorgeous museum piece, we actually headed further out to sea just to get a close-up view of this sailing ship. Thank heavens Diane's patch worked and she was able to enjoy the trip, we hit a few big swells and I have a bruise or two to show that I was not working with my sea legs yet.

Weekend Trip 3

Here you see Punch-u-out Paul with his associate Chew-u-up Chuck, the personal bodyguards of Ms Zailey headin for an early morning breakfast at the Point Loma Cafe. Then we were off on another adventure,this time we headed out to open sea, the boat did wonderfully, with the cruise coming up there was tons of sailing vessels everywhere...

Weekend Trip 2

The whole group headed into town for dinner at Dick's Last Laugh, if you have never been it's a hoot!! If you want the beer glass, for those of you who are not beer drinkers like me, you gotta finish the beer first!

That evening Paul and I attended an informal meeting regarding the Bah-Hah-Ha, (this is a cruise of approx 200 boats leaving from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas) which gave us some insight on things needed; mooring/anchorages, supplies and timelines. The rest of the crew headed over to Jakes fav spot The Captain's Quarters for a nitecap.

Weekend Trip

One thing about living onboard you get to know your neighbors at the marina really well and thankfully everyone joins in to help one another. Returning to the slip is little bit scarier than getting out and requires the assistance from those who reside next to us, as you can see slip space is very limited in San Diego and every inch is leased out!

Bah-Hah-Ha just around the corner

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I spent the past weekend on the Frayed Knot, it was the most incredible feeling to be on her while she was riding high on the seas. Thanks to Joe for driving, Di for navigating and Chuck for daring to sit in the back of the Goobie Van with me...(Just teasing Joe) we headed over to San Diego bright and early Saturday morning arriving at noon and just in time for the afternoon sailing. Tiffany and Baby Zailey had arrived in late Friday evening so all we were missing was Kathy who had her reunion that day, I 'm sure she was quite happy about that, since we would have had to drag her onto the boat if she was there. While we have changed our slip to an easier and more spacious spot, it still is a little hairy, but Jake and Paul seem to have this down pat!

We headed out the channel and Paul graciously handed over the wheel to me, which was a quite nerve racking. For those of you that have traveled in the San Diego channel before you are well aware of the amount of shipping traffic there, having never driven the trawler before I over-corrected constantly and scared myself to death. With the controls back under the Captain's hand we traveled down to the edge of Mexico before heading back. The boat sounds wonderful and rides like a dream, to see Paul at the helm and see the pride in his face made the trip worth everything.

We're BACK!!

A BIG thanks goes out to the Italian He-Man himself Joe Santella for his help on Sunday morn, Paul needed some assistance on maneuvering the engines for the ride and Joe was kind enough to rush over, leaving all those honey dos behind to work with Paul to get the motors loaded. The engines left for San Diego on Sunday (Sept 30) to be installed on Monday. Unfortunately, as luck would have it Driscolls had a lift go down on so Jake and Paul sat on the dock for the day. Tuesday was their day though! After a few hours of work the engines "Sat down in there so sweet" (per Paul) he is obviously taking slang lessons from Jake...a few more lines here and there and they should be complete, Jake is working feverishly to get the radar running when he isn't hanging in the Captain's Lounge (remember he is 21 now). I believe he has made some new friends there, all kinds of friends hmmm..... Joe Wheatley our Perkins expert is flying in Sat to ensure that everything is set to go as the FRAYED KNOT will be hitting the breakwater on Sunday. It has been along time coming and I along with both Paul and Jake will probably be streaming tears when she leaves the bay for the first time. The boat herself needs credit, standing the test of time and truly coming through beautifully she has been through hell, some unfortunate trusting of others to care for her, serious Floridian hurricanes, and then being dry docked for a couple of years, I am sure she will be ecstatic to be riding the seas again. Please be sure to check back for the adventure tales our her first voyage.
**If you leave a comment for Paul or Jake on the blog be sure to include your e-mail address so they can respond to you.
Thanks to all, Love to the boys and Happy Sailing!!!!

Let's try it again

OK it looks like engine #2 will be finished up on sunday (9/16) and Jake and Paul will be heading back to San Diego to have the motors re-installed.. YEAHHHH So approx launch date is mid October which works very well for my nerves as november is the end of hurricane season so we will not have to worry about that situation. While on break waiting for parts, Jake got a lot of Daddy time in with Baby Zailey who is smiling and begining to make sounds-she'll be a boat girl yet! I'll be back to update everyone how the motor install goes next week until then happy & safe sailing

8/12/07 Update

Hi All,
Sorry I have kept you in the dark, the motors have been removed from the boat, thanks to Driscolls Marina and the tow guy! They are currently in Phoenix in the trusted hand of Master Perkins Mechanic Joe Wheatley who is tearing them apart. The new parts needed should be arriving on Tuesday and 1 of the motors will be put back together and take over to San Diego within the next week the other is waiting for a new crank to arrive so it will be apart a little longer. Bad news on the Uniden radio for all those who were lost at sea in the Sea of Cortez you will remember this as the dreaded useless radio that failed to work while we were stuck! It still is useless and has been tossed out-(it didn't even rank a sea burial). We are also working on new stereo system again as the JENSEN stereo was a complete waste of good money, then again their customer service department is not much more impressive so buyer beware and find somewhere else to spend your money as we will. Thanks to Ray for the great music, the laptop is playing non-stop now, and Paul is rockin to his heart desire. While Paul and Jake were home we got to spend some quality time with the ever so precious Zailey who is getting so big and of course she is absolutely beautiful if I may say so! The marina had a b-b-q yesterday which the boys tell me was a blast and the main item on the menu was fish tacos (Tuna to be exact). Which everyone enjoyed immensely and hopefully got their fill as the tuna are heading for Japan very soon! I will give everyone a progress report next week Happy Sailin to all!

engine repair

Not so great news on the starboard engine it will have to be pulled and worked on, so currently we are waiting for the mechanic Jim to come over and get started, then we will order in parts and wait.... So Paul will be poping into Phx soon as we have a wedding to attend NO not ours-a friend; Carl's(training wheels as some of you know him) and Tonyas. Jake has Vegas in his plans real soon Our little Jakey is all grown up! on the 24th he will be 21 and decided to celebrate with his brother Brandon in Las Vegas so have lots of fun you two. We'll be sure to keep you all posted as things come up Until then happy sailing!

that's my new friend Isn't he cute??? It's a seal lion and he's huge!! Apparently he hangs in the harbor and eats all the left over bait from the tuna fishers, this was taken while riding in the dinky

toodling around the harbor in the dinky

Jake getting ready to take the "little knotty" out to go fishing, he has caught some sand sharks down at the end of the marina. Yesterday he was invited to go tuna fishing with one of the neighbors and had good luck bringing home 2 tunas so they know have a full freezer!

Incase you missed the 1st one

Just wanted everyone to see that Paul isn't the only one with a dream

The Frayed Knot in her slip at Sun Harbor Marina, Shelter Island Isn't she beautiful???

She floats

Yes as you may have guessed the Frayed knot held her own and stayed a float, unfortunately her coming out sail did not go off with out a hitch as we had hoped. The starboard engine seized on her way to the fuel dock and tow was needed to get her in. So after hunting down a mechanic at the marina Paul & Jake are spending some time getting things ready for an engine to be pulled. The boys are at Sun Harbor Marina on Shelter Island and absolutely love it! I spent last weekend over there to check it out, for all you Arizonians I needed a light sweater and sweat pants in the evening a cool 75 during the day and the high 60s at night. I know why did I come back??? This particular marina underwent a renovation recently and it just a fabulous place to be staying at. On Saturday, the boys took a break and we went to Balboa Park after the botanical garden we headed over to the auto museum absolutely incredible if you have any interest in vehicles and/or motorcycles (they have an entire section dedicated to cycles; from bicycles as they evolved into motorbikes) especially the older ones (1916,1913,1943) this is a definite spot to spend the day. On Sunday we took a trip to Mission Bay to see the sights I watched birds the boys well... let's just say they had other watching to do...I've included pictures for all to see

Now we are ready

Almost there

Up, Up and Away we go....

Sure you wanna do this????

The truck and neighbors have arrived no we are set

pictures of move

The crane has arrived

To the Boatyard we go

The Frayed Know arrived at Driscolls on Shelter Island today, along with Paul & Jake in tow with the fly bridge. Apparently Paul has upset a few California drivers with his needing 2 lanes for the wide load he was hauling. So much that they are willing to drive on sidewalks to get around him. The trawler will spend a few days here in the boatyard before she is placed into the water. Then she will need a week to re-adjust to sitting in the water, after having been dry-docked for the last 3 years.

Ready, Set...GOOOO no wait!

Well Jake and Paul are ready it's Wednesday and the boat is loaded and just waiting to head out-Permit???What Permit? Yes Paul you need a permit to haul that wide load through the streets of Arizona and California Off to the permit office we go...Lights you say we need LIGHTS??? Yes Paul, you do need lights on the trailer dear before you drive off into the sunset. Checker Auto here we come Can you guess...Where could all of Paul's tools be hiding? in the boat , please don't tell me you mean the boat that left at 1pm today UGH!! it's now 5:00 and the boys can drive a wide load in AZ for only 30 mins after sunset, make the CA border by then not a chance. SO how about Macayo's? Yeahh margaritas .

40' Trawler missing in North Phoenix

Have you noticed?? The Frayed Knot is no longer residing in North Phoenix, as neighbors gathered coffee in hand while others peered out windows Mike Waits along with his crew hoisted the Frayed Knot up into the air and onto the 52' boat hauler from Hales Marine, while Ed the driver worked feverishly to make it all fit on 1 vehicle. NO Luck, the fly bridge was loaded onto Mike's Dad's trailer so Paul could hook up to the GMC and make that run to San Diego. Thanks to the members of the United States Power Squadron for their much needed assistance, our Commander showed why he has the title he does-no dinghy cover is going to get the best of him. Between Bill, Terry Gray, Connie and Cat the dink was ready for transport. The main stays who dedicated 1 day a week for the past few months were there to help out also; Chuck Juno and Joe Santella made sure they got the snapshots that show the painstaking work which has gone into this project. There were some hairy moments especially when the front end lifted and the back didn't or when the wind kicked up and she was just swaying in the breeze...but after 1/2 a day on sheer intensity they did it. The Frayed Knot was loaded and ready to head out for San Diego within the next couple of days.