Monday, 21 April 2014 – This is going to be a busy week as we begin to prepare Hilbre for the Bash back to Los Angeles. Already, we are beginning to store supplies for the voyage and monitor the weather to Cabo San Lucas.
Tuesday 22 April 2014 – The day was spent grocery shopping and then checking the running rigging for any issues. We also tuned the standing rigging although we found it in good alignment and correctly tensioned. Dinner was on board.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014 – Time to change all the fluids, the engine oil, both fuel filters and replace the Heat Exchanger Zinc with a new one. The drive belt tension was adjusted and the engine air filter cleaned.
Thursday, 24 April 2014 – This morning, we took Hilbre over to the fuel dock at Fonatur and filled all our Jerry Jugs, along with the two new 12.5-gallon containers we had bought in Puerto Vallarta. I also added two gallons of engine oil as we will need to do oil changes as we head north. Anita went for a haircut and George, our extra crew for the Bash arrived at 4:00 p.m. Dinner was at La Isla.
Hilbre in Mazatlan 
George Shopping 
Golden Zone 
Golden Zone
Friday, 25 April 2014 – After checking the weather for our crossing to Cabo San Lucas, we took George into the Golden Zone for some shopping. He wanted to buy some souvenirs for his friends and family. In the evening we had dinner at the Bruja and hopefully we will get underway to Los Cabos on Sunday.
Saturday, 26 April 2014 – We had arranged for the bottom of the boat to be cleaned until we were ready to leave. The diver showed up on time and then we settled our account with the Marina. We had an early night ready to be underway early tomorrow for Cabo San Lucas.