Nearly seven months and 3500 sea miles after leaving San Francisco Bay, we put Odyssey in dry storage for the summer. Our insurance requires us to have the boat above 37 degrees latitude and in dry dock for several months during hurricane season. The past few weeks in Mexico have given us a little taste of the hot weather to come, and we gladly set our sights on cooler climates of Wisconsin, California, and Oregon for a short time.
Marina Seca San Carlos, Sonora, has an elaborate system of removing craft from the water without a hoist, transporting it to the dry storage area, and positioning it for stability and safety.
Boat owners have the job of prepping the boat...washing and stowing canvas, lines and sails, plugging through-hulls to keep insects and spiders out, cleaning out food, cupboards and refrigerators, securing halyards and protecting hardware from the wind, rain and dust. It's an extensive process and wears you out! It took us three days, working pretty much non-stop to finish.
Sitting in the shade of a solar panel on the aft deck, our last gesture was to finish off the open bottle of wine, along with some cheese and bread, as a toast to our trip so far.
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