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