{"id":815,"date":"2016-11-10T15:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svslowflight.com\/?p=815"},"modified":"2020-02-03T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:54:00","slug":"trevor-needed-to-renew-his-visa-slow-flight-in-the-boat-yard-halloween-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svslowflight.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/10\/trevor-needed-to-renew-his-visa-slow-flight-in-the-boat-yard-halloween-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor needed to renew his Visa + Slow flight in the boat yard = Halloween in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why did we go to Arizona?<\/p>\n

Reason #1<\/strong> – So Trevor and I both need to renew our tourist Visa for Mexico by December and we needed to technically leave the country and re-enter to accomplish this. \u00a0I have a trip planned to visit my dad but Trevor had not yet committed when he was going to leave Mexico.<\/p>\n

Reason # 2<\/strong> – We needed more supplies and materials for the boat work. \u00a0The original work plan for Slow Flight was to repair the skeg (stabilizes the rudder) which we were told had water in it from our original boat survey when we purchased the boat. \u00a0This would require us to drill a hole in the skeg and let the water drain out and let it sit to dry before we could repair the fiberglass and then put a coat of bottom paint, all jobs we were going to do ourselves.<\/p>\n

However, Trevor decided to have the yard do the sanding of the bottom after the “burn” of the paint dust hit his now delicate skin (hahaha). \u00a0The yard found some moisture in the hull (bottom) of the boat. \u00a0We knew we had some blisters (historically old boats like ours had fiberglass blisters) so we decided to bite the bullet and have the yard sandblast and grind the entire hull of the boat, fill the blisters, reapply the barrier coat (makes the hull “waterproof”) and apply the bottom paint all for about $5,000 usd. It sounds like a lot of money and it is, but a job like this in the States would be well in the ballpark of $10,000. \u00a0So we bit….<\/p>\n

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Yard finding blisters after sanding the paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We moved to the back of the yard so they could sandblast and grind down to the fiberglass. The huge hole you see here is where SOMEONE installed the holding tanks in the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blisters ground out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The bottom of the boat looks like it has the chicken pox with golf ball to fist sized holes all over it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She’s naked!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reason # 3<\/strong> – Friends SV Kenta Anae was thinking about buying a car in Tuscon to bring back to Mexico and decided to also do some boat work here and needed supplies.<\/p>\n

Reason # 4<\/strong> – Life long friend, Danielle Shabazz and her husband Zakee and daughter Sakari let us stay at there home while we visited.<\/p>\n

Reason # 5<\/strong> – Trevor wanted to see his family in Missouri….only 18 hour drive or maybe fly?<\/p>\n

The outcome –><\/strong> ROAD TRIP with Kenta Anae! On October 30, Trevor and I rented a VW Jetta at the local car rental place (Sixt) and fit Merle, Alison, Chandro, and Matero in the back seat…thank goodness they are small people : ) We dropped them off at the Tuscon airport so they could rent a car to proceed to car shop. \u00a0They didn’t find a car they liked but said that they had a great time anyways in the States (they are Canadian and had never been to Arizona)<\/p>\n

Trevor bought plane tickets a day before he left Arizona to fly to Springfield Missouri….he totally surprised<\/strong> his family!!!! (Carri-ann (sister), Michael (brother-in-law), Steven (nephew), Janthanie (niece), Robert (nephew), Grace (niece), Claudia (mom), and Bill (step dad).<\/p>\n

Halloween in Arizona<\/strong> – Trevor and I went to a local Goodwill and found complete costumes!!!! We trick-o-treated with the Shabazz family in thier neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Zakee (as him self), Sakari (dark princess), Fabian (the 3-legged dog with wings), and Danielle (country gal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kimi (as a chili pepper) and Trevor (the man in the yellow hat……we even found a stuffed Curious George monkey at the Goodwill!…it was meant to be!!!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sakari’s 11th Birthday<\/strong> – Before we left for Arizona, I had spent hours trying to get everything ordered from West Marine (boat supply store) to get everything we needed delivered to store in Tempe. \u00a0To sum it up…a shipment was late and we had to stay an additional 3 days at Danielle’s while we waited. The silver lining is that we got be there for Sakari’s 11th birthday and all weekend celebrated with her!<\/p>\n

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Trevor decorating the birthday cake….he worked on it for about an hour….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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AND he had WAY too much fun!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Movie “Trolls” with Sakari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sakari, Trevor and I went to a “paint your own pottery” place. We all got way into it and was there for about 2 1\/2 hours: stencils, silk screens, stamps were all used. Sakari painted the trophy and tray, Trevor painted the shark and owl mug, I attempted to paint the Seahawks helmet (free hand) and platter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the end, we got all of our materials and supplies, Trevor got to see his family, spending quality time with the Shabazz family, Trevor renewed his Visa, and all safely arriving back in San Carlos! \u00a0Saying it was a great trip is an understatement!!!<\/p>\n

Thank you Danielle, Zakee and Sakari for putting up with us for over a week and on such short notice….it means the world to us!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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