Zeehag, a Friend Indeed

[bobconnie]

Zee, I ya can make it last till ya get to the gulf, I will gladly re-bild it for ya ! pay for parts and I will handle all machine work, and wrench work ! Hope ya get mobile soon !

[zeehag]

so do i--is gorgeous here-- but it is going to be time to go at some point--i get itchy feets....

there should be a forklift mechanic around here somewhere, if all else fails....

[Bash]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

Yep Zee is pretty cool! I'd spank her bum if I wasnt already single.

Cough! Sputter! Choke.

...Hey, I thought this was a family forum!

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by Bash

Cough! Sputter! Choke.

...Hey, I thought this was a family forum!

but we gotta have one who makes my old booty feel younger.....ty markj!!!

back to regularly scheduled programming.....

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by TaoJones

As many of my friends here know, I've been planning for some time to keep a sailing vessel down in Mexico - nothing over-the-top fancy or expensive, but a well-found vessel for cruising the Mexican Pacific coast and the Gulf of California each winter from mid-November to late-April.

I recently became aware of what could well be the perfect boat for me and my three cocker spaniel crew. I talked to the seller and we reached an agreement in principle - with one rather significant snag.

At the moment, it isn't possible for me to get away to go check the boat out for myself. Absent that, I'm not comfortable moving forward on the deal.

Problem: The boat is located in Barra de Navidad, quite a bit further south than San Carlos, the place I had thought I'd base my cruising from. The only people I know down that way have all taken their vessels up into the Gulf for summer cruising.

I emailed every surveyor within 200 miles of Barra, I think, offering to give the survey to anyone who would be willing to give the vessel even just a cursory eyeball scan to let me know if I should go ahead. I received replies from, let me see . . . uhm . . . yeah, here it is . . . not one person.

Bummer. In the meantime, there's at least one other serious boat-buyer who has expressed an interest. And he has already gotten himself as far south as PV, reportedly.

Then, unexpectedly, I received a PM from zeehag. She was just saying "Hi," then let me know that she is currently in . . . yep, Barra de Navidad! What are the odds?

I explained my situation to her and she has agreed to thoroughly check the vessel out for me. This all came together just as I was abandoning hope that I might actually have found the right boat for my purposes.

In the Small World category, when I passed along the boat-owner's request that she check to see if some work he had arranged to have done by his guy down there had been completed, she told me that she uses the same person to do her hull cleaning. She's trying to arrange to board the vessel with him the next time he's there at the marina.

This is one of the things I really love about CF . . . a seemingly impossible thing just falls together serendipitously, just because two strangers with a common interest are both members of this cruising and sailing forum.

TaoJones

I think it's wonderful serendipity but not surprised. She's always been very generous with her time, experience and knowledge here.

[Paul Elliott]

This thread is has been re-opened. Tao had requested that it be hidden because he was in the negotiation phase of his purchase, and some sensitive information was being discussed here. This info is no longer sensitive, so Tao has asked that the thread be re-opened.

Carry on!

[Wotname]

And so has Tao done the deal or walked???

[zeehag]

i was kinda surprised at the interior--was a deal breaker...too many items requiring repair, including chainplates and engine and electrical system.
is kinda rough inside.
tj walked...
is a smart move.
is fun crawling about in boat bilges....even more so when they be clean.......

[Wotname]

Thanks for the update Zee, sounds like you enjoyed yourself at any rate

[Mike OReilly]

Just caught this thread ... you're the best Zee

[zeehag]

i am just me---and i love messing around in boats--is funner when your own is so messed up that looking into the bilges of an unknown is a jolly time..lol....is funner to help others than to help self, tho both are so important

when mechanic returns from vacation we will have more updates on my conditions..lol....until then i will mess about in whatever i can find to mess in...

[jeremiason]

ZeeHag

Barra Navidad lagoon is a terrible place for a Hurricane.

When can you get out of there?

[zeehag]

i am in marina and praying as hard as i can---had runaway diesel and cannot mobilize yet--not repaired as mechanic is vacationing in borracholand since the runaway happened


yes i am quite nervous...hoping we dont get a hit..

[JPA Cate]

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Well done, Zeehag.

Ann

[captain58sailin]

Good job Zee! It is great that you were able to help another member of the family.