We are OFFICIALLY in Baja Mexico! The crew is so happy and excited to finally be in Mexico, but first we need to check in with the Port Captain and Immigration and best of all.....all the tacos we can consume. Come back next week as we sail further South along the Pacific Baja Coast. See you then!

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previously on onboard lifestyle

while we were waiting for my dad's lab

results the crew of basic decide to keep

pushing south

we have a leisurely sail from dana point

to oceanside

there we finished installing the

autopilot receive some good news and eat

some amazing food

we make the next leg from oceanside to

mission bay in perfect sailing

conditions look at this

we're sailing

we spend the night on the hook in the

mariners basin before sailing to san

diego with only one minor hiccup

basic anchors outside san diego and gets

a bit of rest before leaving the states

and route to ensenada mexico

it is

almost five

and we are about

one mile from the mexican border

it's just so crazy

there's no wind still but i'm thinking

that once the sun rises

once the sun rises

let's get a little little breeze

but how exciting finally all this time

and yet look at this we are in full

winter gear because we are ready for it

so anyways what is it about another

another another

about hour and 45 minutes and we'll see

the sun

feels so nice though it does it was a

really dark night overcast yeah we've

been passing how many cruise ships did

we just go by two

two cruise ships it was actually kind of

nice they lit the whole place up now now

that they're beyond them it's it's

pretty dark

yeah but now we have our autopilot going

we have radar

where's that we got our fishing license

we're set

it's official

huh does it feel good i could actually

see the border hold on

i'm demonstrating my pantomiming skills

here

look okay ready

cheers cheers

no actually it's kind of strange you can

actually see the

you can look at that you can see the

border there's like no nice no lights no

lights and all of a sudden the border

and it's tijuana

okay here we are we're

officially mexican waters

that's a milestone it is all this time

all this time

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and my heart is made of dust and gray

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so

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all right this is our first time in

ensenada

and it looks like we got

a new person at the helm

you good yep

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a sailor's heart

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okay ladies how was your first night in

mexico it was really nice we got to

sleep after a long passage that was nice

but we can't even leave the boat

we're waiting for the health inspector

to come and give us the clear to uh step

on mexican land i don't we're in

quarantine right now yeah and we came in

late last night after hours and it was

really hoping for some tacos last night

i know

so what is it today they should be here

any second we'll get the clear

and uh we'll go let's say we got a mask

up when they come on board

and then uh

do what they need to do and we can get

checked in then we'll go check in with

the park captain then it's time to

explore big day

yep

ella's like

i want to see everything

i know it's so cool

what we're gonna do is that i'm gonna

take some information about your ship

okay then the basic information about

the people on board

are you the only three people yes okay

names a nationality

i'm gonna take your temperatures i'm

gonna measure your oxygen

and then i'm gonna make a few questions

after that

but back here we have five yes or no

questions that the captain of the ship

is gonna answer

and when we finish if everything goes

well we will be ready to go okay sounds

easy right yeah easy and painless

so this is an oxygen level test yes this

one measures the oxygen and the

heartbeat rate but what i am interested

in is the oxygen

because

since the last year

there were some copied cases without

symptoms that the only thing that they

manifest

was a large number of oxygen and when

they started with symptoms they had like

50 oxygen and that is pretty low thank

you so much

and uh looks like we're all clear with

the proper paperwork to uh so we're

official we're officially uh checking

not checked in but we have our health

certificate now

just an advice

you go for tacos nothing less than five

pesos nothing yes those are the good

ones are better for you right

they taste good but they don't yeah they

don't feel good

well you guys know which ones are the

better tacos right well it's gonna

depend on each person but

yeah

it's very good

here

okay thank you so much thank you have a

good day thank you and a safe trip to

the south yeah we will

it's official

no more quarantine flag

[Laughter]

i'm getting it

yes it's not the perfect flag set up but

you know what

while in mexico we are gonna be

courteous and

and fly their flag

we just gotta get a better system

but this will work for now

let's get it up there a little bit

there we go

it feels good doesn't it welcome to

mexico

we are now day two in ensenada

and uh spent most of yesterday

getting checked in and going to

immigration

port captain and also dealing with our

temporary import permit

everything was just about done but it

was a little crazy because

we also have the baja rally

that's going down at the same time and

there was a ton of boats in here that

were needing to get checked in and out

at the same time

so

unfortunately the port captain closed

and so thiel is going to go

back to the port captain's office this

morning and hopefully get us all checked

in but uh yeah it's just uh

so nice to

finally be in mexico i'm just taking

compass for a walk

uh

early enough that there's not other dogs

around because he just doesn't play nice

but yeah it's uh

going to be a fun day

we're hopefully going to stay here for

just a few days

tl wants to do an oil change and

just a couple other little

little projects before we head back out

but i think that this is going to be the

last marina we're going to be in

for quite a while because there is

nothing on this outside but there are a

ton of anchorages for us to check out

checking into mexico is pretty easy if

you have all the correct paperwork for

your crew and vessel we chose to go with

cruise port marina because they help you

with your check-in

i sent them all of our paperwork prior

to our arrival and once we were cleared

by the mexican health department the

marina drove us to check in with the

immigration the port captain and the

band herceto for your temporary import

permit

they also provided us with a translator

for a smooth process

overall the fees to check the crew and

basic into mexico were pretty reasonable

now that we are officially checked in

it's time for us to hit the streets and

eat as many tacos as we can my mom is so

excited it's all she can

talk about

we are so close to mexico i can taste it

at least the tacos anyways

did i say she's excited

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now this is what i'm talking about

dig in

okay

the tacos here in ensenada have been

really good i don't know which one's my

favorite yet but i'm making it my

mission to try as many as possible

before we leave

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do you want anything to do

after all this time we are now doing the

final connections for our autopilot we

actually set up a temporary one just to

make sure that uh this autopilot works

and then we just went ahead and

calibrated let me show you what we did

here

because we didn't know if this was gonna

work we just tapped in

to this fuse right here but

ideally um our autopilot needs more

power so we're gonna do its own leads so

that's what teal's doing now

and then we're going to be running wires

back to the unit itself

pretty exciting huh it is

the calibration was kind of

tricky

but we got it done

and everything looks like it works so

this is getting a designated lead

with its own uh fuse breaker here

putting it on a 15 amp fuse

uh

run this line all the way back there and

uh we should be good

pretty exciting are you excited to start

running

why do i even ask right it's just having

more hands on on deck you know

especially when we want to take a break

and you know kind of hang out

okay i should have this end done we'll

pull it tight and start stringing it the

worst part is we have to pull out the

washer dryer to get the lead behind it

that's okay i'll do it

i know you will

can i just say

your board's looking pretty nice

hey

what can i say

it's what i do

no i'm serious it looks really good

this all makes sense it does that's

what's uh the beauty of this is i can

look at this and know what every single

wire does

it's crazy

one wire at a time and

huh just works

here is our new

breaker for the autopilot unfortunately

i don't have a label

we'll have to get that in order because

it's going to drive me nuts until we get

that

okay from this the lead goes down

into the battery compartment

here's my wire harness that goes through

this chase here

that goes all the way

under the settee one continuous pull

it's about 11 feet

into our heating compartment

i do have a

a messenger that i keep in here

and this messenger helps me pull the

wires makes it nice and easy goes down

through here

i've got another harness here

picks it up goes through here

under the stairs i don't need a

messenger here because it's just a few

feet

behind the washer dryer up into the

cabinets

from the cabinetry

there's a run that goes under the

cabinets and we can pull it all the way

into this compartment

it comes through

this bulkhead here

and through this wire harness and up

into the autopilot everything now has

its own designated lead

this unit is not going to throw any more

current errors and we should be good to

go on our next leg we'll test it out and

uh let you know

but for now

what is it hold on

motion going out here

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okay am i this way

keep coming see this palm tree

past the palm tree

keep going fast

right there straight down come straight

down

okay there's a a bird

that has the injured wing that was just

struggling in the water made it over the

rock emma's going to come down and and

try to get it up onto the shore

oh horrible you can see the injury right

here it looks terrible

poor guy

just come down to this big flat rock

right here yeah and you'll see it

you see it right there

okay now get a good grip around both its

wings so they don't flop and it can't

bite you if you grab around his wings

ready grab fast and go yeah yeah go fast

yep perfect now pick it up

what kind of bird is it

what kind of injury does it have

i really don't know

okay get it up to a nice spot in some

shade

cama

how does it look

don't get too close to it poor guy

at least now he can kind of dry up and

maybe heal a little bit so you can start

flying again

after i rescued the injured pigeon from

the water we found out there is a person

who takes care of all the birds around

here and he just happens to live on his

boat in the marina

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you named him yet uh dirty birdie dirty

birdie because of the oil

because he's just filthy

but his feathers will grow back and

he'll be they will grow back because all

these tail feathers are gone why has he

gotten bread on stuff there's bonita

this is the mother of all the white ones

wow i've known her two years out of all

these birds she was the first one to

jump on me

but it took a long time

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standing underneath the lights

so we're heading out of ensenada

tomorrow so m and i wear and reprovision

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it's a little bit of a walk but

it was uh it's still been fun

this place is uh very interesting it's

touristy and yet

there's a lot of locals that kind of

hang out here too

and of course emma any chance she can

find some softer

ice cream she's gonna grab

super good it's been fun here though

i'm looking forward to warmer weather

though because

it's about i don't know in the

mid to uh

upper 60s

definitely not what we were anticipating

but we'll take what we can get

it'll take a while to tune but i think

this is the one

all right let's do it cool

this is the first for us

we just got out of the music store

because uh it was time for uh emma to

get a new violin uh she hadn't been

playing it much just because

her her old violin is a little small

she's kind of outgrown it yeah but i'm

excited i got a full size now and i'm

excited to tune it up and start playing

again so you'll be hearing some tunes

from her soon

hopefully

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standing underneath the lights

look into each other's eyes

tired snowflakes are coming down

collapse into water when they hit the

ground

i hear the sound of empty streets

yesterday has gone to sleep

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so all that's left is you and me

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after all this time we are finally in

baja mexico checking in was a breeze

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our internet connection will be sporadic

as we travel down the pacific baja coast

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see you then