5-31-2014
Another star filled night with some clouds and light rain in the morning. Now a sunny and warm noon time(PDT). Its not really noon here yet. A couple of days ago, I compared my sunrise to Hilo sunrise and was about an hour ahead, so closing in on Hawaii time zone.
5-30-2014
The battery was pretty low at 4:00am, so had to run the engine for an hour. Sky had cleared and I watched the stars until daybreak. Big Big Milky way, beautiful. Saw one meteorite
Great sunny morning and turned out sunny all day. Turned downwind to run jib and staysail wing on wing, making 4.5 knots at 240 degrees mag.
Some swell came up later in the day and the boat can really get into a roll from side to side. On the worse ones, going 30 degrees side to side!! Hold on to something !!
Enough sun to get some charge back in the house battery.
5-29-2014
Raining yesterday morning and then cleared off for a nice sailing day. I'm making a little more northwesterly than a direct course but it gives me a better sailing angle and more speed.
Raining again this morning, light sprinkles, then heavy showers. So much nice fresh water I washed out a pair of pants in scupper drain well. Mostly cloudy with some sun breaks in the afternoon.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Under 1000 miles
5-27-2014
Yahoo ! At 16:50 PDT, I have less than 1000 miles to go !!
5-27
Raining last night and this morning. Winds have really died down. Seems like when it's cloudy, the winds are low or maybe it's because its less windy the clouds build up.
Having to get out the old blue bibbs and yellow slicker....bummer.
In the afternoon it cleared to a high overcast with some sun breaks...enough to put up the sun shade.
Winds have increased to about 15knots from the E then NE. Flying the Tall Boy and main and making 6-6.5 knot most of the afternoon and 8 knots surfing down waves. By the way "Tall Boy" is my nickname for a loose flying jib(doesn't hank on to the headstay). When going mostly downwind it works good and I can fly twin headsails when possible.
5-26-2014
Here the day started out partly cloudy with the wind shifted around to the east. I put up tall boy and the regular jib and went wing on wing for several hours. It worked good except for it's a bit rolly like that. The wind shifted back to the NE and I thought I saw a squall coming so took down tall boy and raised the main. The main is hard to raise going downwind. Keeps wraping around and getting caught in the stays as you raise it. Finally got it to go. By that time I could tell there was to squall, but the wind had shifted enought to the north NE to make good progress to the west. My direct course is slightly south of west. Anyway it's cleared off now and really pretty. The boats charging along at 5 knots on a good course. Big blue sky out behind us and deep blue ocean. A little rolly but not too bad, still have to use the hand ropes inside.
Yahoo ! At 16:50 PDT, I have less than 1000 miles to go !!
5-27
Raining last night and this morning. Winds have really died down. Seems like when it's cloudy, the winds are low or maybe it's because its less windy the clouds build up.
Having to get out the old blue bibbs and yellow slicker....bummer.
In the afternoon it cleared to a high overcast with some sun breaks...enough to put up the sun shade.
Winds have increased to about 15knots from the E then NE. Flying the Tall Boy and main and making 6-6.5 knot most of the afternoon and 8 knots surfing down waves. By the way "Tall Boy" is my nickname for a loose flying jib(doesn't hank on to the headstay). When going mostly downwind it works good and I can fly twin headsails when possible.
5-26-2014
Here the day started out partly cloudy with the wind shifted around to the east. I put up tall boy and the regular jib and went wing on wing for several hours. It worked good except for it's a bit rolly like that. The wind shifted back to the NE and I thought I saw a squall coming so took down tall boy and raised the main. The main is hard to raise going downwind. Keeps wraping around and getting caught in the stays as you raise it. Finally got it to go. By that time I could tell there was to squall, but the wind had shifted enought to the north NE to make good progress to the west. My direct course is slightly south of west. Anyway it's cleared off now and really pretty. The boats charging along at 5 knots on a good course. Big blue sky out behind us and deep blue ocean. A little rolly but not too bad, still have to use the hand ropes inside.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Past the halfway distance!!
5-25-4014
Today at 5:48 am I passed the halfway distance for the trip !! Yahoo!
Chartplotter distance from Cabo to Radio Bay entrance light was 2524 miles. At 5:48am I had 1262 miles to go !! I'm hoping I already passed the time halfway point by some also.
Two small squalls from the NE today, not as strong as the one yesterday and the boat only got a sprinkling of water.
The squalls seem to disrupt the normal wind flow and afterwards the wind goes light and comes from different directions. Takes about 30 mins. for it to straight up so I can figure out the best course.
For several hours between the first and second squall it was great sailing with blue sky and blue water and winds about 12 knots from the NNE. Just really pretty.
Today at 5:48 am I passed the halfway distance for the trip !! Yahoo!
Chartplotter distance from Cabo to Radio Bay entrance light was 2524 miles. At 5:48am I had 1262 miles to go !! I'm hoping I already passed the time halfway point by some also.
Two small squalls from the NE today, not as strong as the one yesterday and the boat only got a sprinkling of water.
The squalls seem to disrupt the normal wind flow and afterwards the wind goes light and comes from different directions. Takes about 30 mins. for it to straight up so I can figure out the best course.
For several hours between the first and second squall it was great sailing with blue sky and blue water and winds about 12 knots from the NNE. Just really pretty.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Clouds and a little squall 5-24-2014
Got my first taste of a little squall this afternoon. Could see it coming up behind and then winds ballooned from about 12 to 20 and heavy rain. Got the sail reefed down ok so no problem, but for some reason forgot about rain gear and got soaked. Oh well, should all dry out tomorrow. Doesn't look like any joy for viewing the meteor shower as it's still pretty cloudy.
Light winds this afternoon are slowing us down and we were making such good progress. Perhaps improvement tomorrow.
Stepped on something squishy while adjusting the sails during the rain, looked down and had a squid between my toes, yuch ! Most have jumped on last night.
Light winds this afternoon are slowing us down and we were making such good progress. Perhaps improvement tomorrow.
Stepped on something squishy while adjusting the sails during the rain, looked down and had a squid between my toes, yuch ! Most have jumped on last night.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Continued good winds
The winds have continued steadily for the last 3 days. They're in the 12-15 knot range from the north or northeast. The boats been moving along nicely.
Up until today it's been cloudy and gray with some thining of the clouds by the afternoon but usually cloudy again by evening and only a few stars are showing through. My good buddy Gayne let me know that theres an expected meteor shower on 5/23-24, so I'm hoping the clouds will break up completely by nightfall.
With the clouds and wind, much of the daytime wear is a long sleeve shirt and long pants.
Yesterday I had to take down the jib for a while and repair the grommets where the sail hanks are located. Several had corroded through and broken up. I replaced the bad ones and re-sewed the hanks back on. It took about 4 hrss with one beer break in the middle.
Today with more sun shining through makes for much prettier sailing.
The boat driving on to a blue horizon is pretty special.
As I'm writing this, we're at 20 degrees 25' north, 129 degrees 29' west.
Up until today it's been cloudy and gray with some thining of the clouds by the afternoon but usually cloudy again by evening and only a few stars are showing through. My good buddy Gayne let me know that theres an expected meteor shower on 5/23-24, so I'm hoping the clouds will break up completely by nightfall.
With the clouds and wind, much of the daytime wear is a long sleeve shirt and long pants.
Yesterday I had to take down the jib for a while and repair the grommets where the sail hanks are located. Several had corroded through and broken up. I replaced the bad ones and re-sewed the hanks back on. It took about 4 hrss with one beer break in the middle.
Today with more sun shining through makes for much prettier sailing.
The boat driving on to a blue horizon is pretty special.
As I'm writing this, we're at 20 degrees 25' north, 129 degrees 29' west.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Last three days--good sailing
Hello All,
The last three days have been great sailing weather. On 5/17 the wind was about 10 knots all day from the North. It did die at about 2 am the morning of 5/18 and I had to motor for about 3 hrs before it came back up again. The 5/18 was about the same except it never died during the night allowing great tracking from the self-steering gear.
Yesterday afternoon about 3pm or so the wind increased to 15 from the north northeast. I flew my larger jib for awhile and then changed down to the working jib and was moving nicely in the 5 knot range.
The wind continued steady through the night and into today. Wind waves are about 2 feet and primary swell in 5-6 ft. So the boats moving around a bit and hand holds are necessary.
Yesterday, I crossed the 121 west longitude. Thats the meridian that runs through Seattle and western Washington. Made me feel a little bit at home and I celebrated by changing my watch to Pacific daylight time...one hour earlier than Mex time.
This morning brought a nice surprise of a small 18" dorado on the fishing hand line. Just the right size for me. I steamed it up and left in the pressure cooker, so now it's sort of canned and looking forward to having it for dinner.
Winds are continuing quite steady in the 15 knot range, a good speed for moving this boat along. Been staying in touch with a marine SSB net called the "southbound net" and they say is should stay pretty steady for the next 3 days. I'll download some weather data after posting this and see what it says.
The last three days have been great sailing weather. On 5/17 the wind was about 10 knots all day from the North. It did die at about 2 am the morning of 5/18 and I had to motor for about 3 hrs before it came back up again. The 5/18 was about the same except it never died during the night allowing great tracking from the self-steering gear.
Yesterday afternoon about 3pm or so the wind increased to 15 from the north northeast. I flew my larger jib for awhile and then changed down to the working jib and was moving nicely in the 5 knot range.
The wind continued steady through the night and into today. Wind waves are about 2 feet and primary swell in 5-6 ft. So the boats moving around a bit and hand holds are necessary.
Yesterday, I crossed the 121 west longitude. Thats the meridian that runs through Seattle and western Washington. Made me feel a little bit at home and I celebrated by changing my watch to Pacific daylight time...one hour earlier than Mex time.
This morning brought a nice surprise of a small 18" dorado on the fishing hand line. Just the right size for me. I steamed it up and left in the pressure cooker, so now it's sort of canned and looking forward to having it for dinner.
Winds are continuing quite steady in the 15 knot range, a good speed for moving this boat along. Been staying in touch with a marine SSB net called the "southbound net" and they say is should stay pretty steady for the next 3 days. I'll download some weather data after posting this and see what it says.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Slow progress
Well I've been out here a week now and over all its been kind of frustrating. The lack of wind certainly gets on the nerves. It's not so much that there's good progress, but more about the boat not steering well when going slow and so I can't really get away from the tiller to do other things.
The day's go surprisingly fast, I'm a good day dreamer and also enjoying Pillars of the Earth, a Ken Follet novel.
The nights go a bit slower and getting up every 20 to 30 minutes to check the radar and outside is a bit of a drag but still pretty restful.
Two freighers have passed in the night about 5 miles away, going the opposite directs. They came up very nicely on my AIS system....that thing is super. I'm broadcasting my position via AIS also so they should see me too.
Theres a better breeze this morning of about 8-10 knots from the north so I hope that holds through out the day. I'm getting closer to where so stronger winds should kick it, but not there yet.
Later,
Ed
PS, If you haven't already found it, there is a link on the lower right hand side of the blog that links to positions I send via a DeLorme inReach satellite messenger and displays them on a google earth map
The day's go surprisingly fast, I'm a good day dreamer and also enjoying Pillars of the Earth, a Ken Follet novel.
The nights go a bit slower and getting up every 20 to 30 minutes to check the radar and outside is a bit of a drag but still pretty restful.
Two freighers have passed in the night about 5 miles away, going the opposite directs. They came up very nicely on my AIS system....that thing is super. I'm broadcasting my position via AIS also so they should see me too.
Theres a better breeze this morning of about 8-10 knots from the north so I hope that holds through out the day. I'm getting closer to where so stronger winds should kick it, but not there yet.
Later,
Ed
PS, If you haven't already found it, there is a link on the lower right hand side of the blog that links to positions I send via a DeLorme inReach satellite messenger and displays them on a google earth map
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Light winds days 3-5
Very light to no winds have persisted in this area for serveral days now. Folks a few hundred miles to the west are getting 10-15 knot winds. Progress as been slow as you can see by the position dots.
Light breezes in the 5-8 knot range have come up in the evening, which is good because it gives me 2-3 knots and the boats steers and maintains a course. Days were chilly for the first couple out of Cabo but have warmed back up. Starts out cloudy in the morning then turns to sun by late morning.
Yesterday, while running under engine, 4 dolphins came to play in the bow wave. The water is so deep blue and clear here it was so fun to watch. As they peeled away and went deep, I could easily see them to 30 or 40 feet.
Big sunset yesterday. I think it was the first where there was no horizon haze for cloud cover. Watched the orb sink into the sea.
Light winds are forecast to continue for at least the next two days.
Ed
Light breezes in the 5-8 knot range have come up in the evening, which is good because it gives me 2-3 knots and the boats steers and maintains a course. Days were chilly for the first couple out of Cabo but have warmed back up. Starts out cloudy in the morning then turns to sun by late morning.
Yesterday, while running under engine, 4 dolphins came to play in the bow wave. The water is so deep blue and clear here it was so fun to watch. As they peeled away and went deep, I could easily see them to 30 or 40 feet.
Big sunset yesterday. I think it was the first where there was no horizon haze for cloud cover. Watched the orb sink into the sea.
Light winds are forecast to continue for at least the next two days.
Ed
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Out bound Cabo
Left the anchorage at Cabo about 9 or 9:30. Two cruise ships had pulled in and anchored and where beginning to shuttle passengers ashore. That probably adds 6000 people to the streets of Cabo today, so I'm glad I got by stuff done.
Just past Lands End, I hoisted the sails and the northerly winds where already 10-15 knots so good sailing. Farther from the cape the winds probably increased to 15 plus and the wind waves increased to 3-4 ft. A lay line for Hilo was about 265 degrees but I couldn't make that as the farther from the cape the more the wind became NW.
So I pointed at about 240 degrees. With boat at about 4.5-5 knots and swell on the bow quarter it was something of a wet ride with spray coming on board pretty good at times.
I saw the first of many sunsets with the sun dropping into the ocean off the bow, but it was cloudy on the horizon so not realy clear.
The wind dropped some after dark and the boat moved nicely at about 3.5 knots, with not too bad boat motion, but enough that I couldn't stay in the forward cabin too long without feeling the effects. Back toward the galley and chart table the boat motion is much less and so not so bad to hang out there.
Sometime around midnight to 2:00am I must have been crossing a north-south shipping lane because 6 or 7 freighters came by. Four crossed within 2 miles of me. I contacted each of those 4 to let them know I was there and verify the could either see me or have me on radar. All of the watch captains were very courteous and said they would manuever if necessary to stay clear.
By about 7 am here I had made about 80 miles.
Today has been a beautiful day, with low seas but also light winds, many times under 10 knots. Nice on the water put very slow. I'll be lucky to make 50 miles today.
Oh yeah, sometime during the night a flying fish came on board. Found him on the deck this morning. Probably use him for bait tomorrow.
Ed
Just past Lands End, I hoisted the sails and the northerly winds where already 10-15 knots so good sailing. Farther from the cape the winds probably increased to 15 plus and the wind waves increased to 3-4 ft. A lay line for Hilo was about 265 degrees but I couldn't make that as the farther from the cape the more the wind became NW.
So I pointed at about 240 degrees. With boat at about 4.5-5 knots and swell on the bow quarter it was something of a wet ride with spray coming on board pretty good at times.
I saw the first of many sunsets with the sun dropping into the ocean off the bow, but it was cloudy on the horizon so not realy clear.
The wind dropped some after dark and the boat moved nicely at about 3.5 knots, with not too bad boat motion, but enough that I couldn't stay in the forward cabin too long without feeling the effects. Back toward the galley and chart table the boat motion is much less and so not so bad to hang out there.
Sometime around midnight to 2:00am I must have been crossing a north-south shipping lane because 6 or 7 freighters came by. Four crossed within 2 miles of me. I contacted each of those 4 to let them know I was there and verify the could either see me or have me on radar. All of the watch captains were very courteous and said they would manuever if necessary to stay clear.
By about 7 am here I had made about 80 miles.
Today has been a beautiful day, with low seas but also light winds, many times under 10 knots. Nice on the water put very slow. I'll be lucky to make 50 miles today.
Oh yeah, sometime during the night a flying fish came on board. Found him on the deck this morning. Probably use him for bait tomorrow.
Ed
Saturday, May 10, 2014
La Ventana to Cabo
Great downwind sailing from La Ventana to Los Frailles. Winds about 15 knots. Los Frailles was pretty lonely, no other boats other than the beach panga's. Windy until about 8:00pm then a calm night. A little southeasterly swell about 6 inches running into the bay.
Left Los Frailles and sailed down to San Jose del Cabo to pick up fuel. From San Jose del Cabo it was a sloppy, choppy motor into Sw winds to get to Cabo. Arrived about 6:30pm and anchored up in the Bay.
The wind calmed down after sundown and it was a nice but cool evening.
Friday I checked out with the port captain. Every thing went fine, but glad I printed out my own Zarpe form, because that's what they used. Kind of funny, you need to go to immigration, and if you're in a car or plane I don't think Mexico cares when you leave, but on a boat, they make quite the deal out of, requesting all your papers in multiple copies. That took about 1.5 hrs. Anyway, the port captain was quite friendly and had let me know how many copies to make and take along. Finishing up with the port captain didn't take too long and he wished me a safe trip.
This morning I'm cleaning up the boat deck and storing things. The waypoints in the chart plotter for Hilo, so I'm good to go and leaving in a few minutes.
Ed
Left Los Frailles and sailed down to San Jose del Cabo to pick up fuel. From San Jose del Cabo it was a sloppy, choppy motor into Sw winds to get to Cabo. Arrived about 6:30pm and anchored up in the Bay.
The wind calmed down after sundown and it was a nice but cool evening.
Friday I checked out with the port captain. Every thing went fine, but glad I printed out my own Zarpe form, because that's what they used. Kind of funny, you need to go to immigration, and if you're in a car or plane I don't think Mexico cares when you leave, but on a boat, they make quite the deal out of, requesting all your papers in multiple copies. That took about 1.5 hrs. Anyway, the port captain was quite friendly and had let me know how many copies to make and take along. Finishing up with the port captain didn't take too long and he wished me a safe trip.
This morning I'm cleaning up the boat deck and storing things. The waypoints in the chart plotter for Hilo, so I'm good to go and leaving in a few minutes.
Ed
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Left La Paz and arrived Bahia de la Ventena
Left La Paz this morning at about 7:30. Jody and Doug Frye from El Gitano came by to take a tour of Bullwinkle. El Gitano is also a Westsail 32 and very nicely fitted out. El Gitano is headed home on the boat in June. They're out of Swantown marina in Olympia, WA and I hope I can catch up with them again at a Westsail owners get together. They were fun to talk to and compare Westsail stories and Doug, I owe you a beer.
Light southerly winds made most of today a motor although got to sail north from La Paz and through the channel.
Tonight I anchored up off the beach at Bahia de la Ventena. Wasn't sure how good Bahia del los Muertos would be with the south wind. It shorten today a bit and the anchor was down at about 5:30pm but will add 5 miles for tomorrow to make Los Frailles.
Beautiful sunset against the mountains back toward La Paz and I'll post a pic later.
Have a great day,
Ed
Light southerly winds made most of today a motor although got to sail north from La Paz and through the channel.
Tonight I anchored up off the beach at Bahia de la Ventena. Wasn't sure how good Bahia del los Muertos would be with the south wind. It shorten today a bit and the anchor was down at about 5:30pm but will add 5 miles for tomorrow to make Los Frailles.
Beautiful sunset against the mountains back toward La Paz and I'll post a pic later.
Have a great day,
Ed
Left La Paz and arrived Bahia de la Ventena
Left La Paz this morning at about 7:30. Jody and Doug Frye from El Gitano came by to take a tour of Bullwinkle. El Gitano is also a Westsail 32 and very nicely fitted out. El Gitano is headed home on the boat in June. They're out of Swantown marina in Olympia, WA and I hope I can catch up with them again at a Westsail owners get together. They were fun to talk to and compare Westsail stories and Doug, I owe you a beer.
Light southerly winds made most of today a motor although got to sail north from La Paz and through the channel.
Tonight I anchored up off the beach at Bahia de la Ventena. Wasn't sure how good Bahia del los Muertos would be with the south wind. It shorten today a bit and the anchor was down at about 5:30pm but will add 5 miles for tomorrow to make Los Frailles.
Beautiful sunset against the mountains back toward La Paz and I'll post a pic later.
Have a great day,
Ed
Light southerly winds made most of today a motor although got to sail north from La Paz and through the channel.
Tonight I anchored up off the beach at Bahia de la Ventena. Wasn't sure how good Bahia del los Muertos would be with the south wind. It shorten today a bit and the anchor was down at about 5:30pm but will add 5 miles for tomorrow to make Los Frailles.
Beautiful sunset against the mountains back toward La Paz and I'll post a pic later.
Have a great day,
Ed
Monday, May 5, 2014
La Paz
Ensenada Grande was as beautiful as ever and the water clarity was great. No problem seeing the anchor and chain on the bottom in 23' of water. Made me want to stay and go snorkeling.
Motored under clear skys and light south winds into La Paz. I wanted to see if any of the folks we met last year where around so got a slip in Marina Palmira on dock 3. The main reason for stopping was to get propane and leave with two full bottles. I was having bad thoughts about running out of propane for the stove and having to eat cold beans. But really one bottle(10 lbs) and one person, it will last well over 30 days, so should be good.
La Paz is such a great city. The water front is bright and beautiful. Colorful stores and of course my favorite fish taco stand just down the block from the church and town square. I could eat there every day..........and have!!!
Saturday at the town square they had a stage set up and various groups were doing Mexican western dancing with about 6 guys in western wear and 6 ladies in the big flowing dresses. Great costumes.
Vendors were selling various crafts and foods. Sorry forgot to carry the camera in.
It's Cinco de Mayo weekend, buts it's funny, I asked the office lady at the marina if stores and banks would be open on Monday. She laughed and said yes, Cinco de Mayo was a holiday but not a big holiday here. I told her we must make more of it up north, she laughed and said yes.
Did some boat chores on Sunday and walked around town and finally got my propane today, Monday.
Unlike the States, propane is not sold at every gas station, but instead is sold only at propane stations, which are usually on the outskirts of town. Luckily the marinas here schedule a bottle pickup or an enterprising individual does bottle pick up as his business. This is case at Marina de La Paz where I walked my bottle to rather than wait until the pickup(at my marina) later this week. An older gentleman named Lupe has been providing this service for years and picks up, fills and returns the bottles, three days a week.
This evening, I caught up with Crit who has a boat, Jasdip, here, who we met last year. As it also happened, the boat across from Bullwinkle, was hauling out in the next few days and the folks wanted to use up their food, so they brought it out and we had a little dock party for a while.
The plan is to check out of here as early as possible tomorrow morning and head for the anchorage at Bahia Los Muertos about 50 miles down.
Ed
Motored under clear skys and light south winds into La Paz. I wanted to see if any of the folks we met last year where around so got a slip in Marina Palmira on dock 3. The main reason for stopping was to get propane and leave with two full bottles. I was having bad thoughts about running out of propane for the stove and having to eat cold beans. But really one bottle(10 lbs) and one person, it will last well over 30 days, so should be good.
La Paz is such a great city. The water front is bright and beautiful. Colorful stores and of course my favorite fish taco stand just down the block from the church and town square. I could eat there every day..........and have!!!
Saturday at the town square they had a stage set up and various groups were doing Mexican western dancing with about 6 guys in western wear and 6 ladies in the big flowing dresses. Great costumes.
Vendors were selling various crafts and foods. Sorry forgot to carry the camera in.
It's Cinco de Mayo weekend, buts it's funny, I asked the office lady at the marina if stores and banks would be open on Monday. She laughed and said yes, Cinco de Mayo was a holiday but not a big holiday here. I told her we must make more of it up north, she laughed and said yes.
Did some boat chores on Sunday and walked around town and finally got my propane today, Monday.
Unlike the States, propane is not sold at every gas station, but instead is sold only at propane stations, which are usually on the outskirts of town. Luckily the marinas here schedule a bottle pickup or an enterprising individual does bottle pick up as his business. This is case at Marina de La Paz where I walked my bottle to rather than wait until the pickup(at my marina) later this week. An older gentleman named Lupe has been providing this service for years and picks up, fills and returns the bottles, three days a week.
This evening, I caught up with Crit who has a boat, Jasdip, here, who we met last year. As it also happened, the boat across from Bullwinkle, was hauling out in the next few days and the folks wanted to use up their food, so they brought it out and we had a little dock party for a while.
The plan is to check out of here as early as possible tomorrow morning and head for the anchorage at Bahia Los Muertos about 50 miles down.
Ed
Friday, May 2, 2014
//WL2K Arrived Ensenada Grande
Hi All,
Decided not to stay around for Loreto Fest. North winds were predicted changing to south on Saturday and northerns would help me along and save some fuel. As it turned out the north winds didn't show up on Thursday until I was putting the anchor down at Punta San Telmo, which then made that a pretty rolly anchorage for the night.
Today, Friday, the sea were flat calm, nice for motoring which I did until about noon, then the wind came up from the north and I had a great sail to Ensenada Grande where I'm anchored now. About a 57 mile run today.
Beautiful evening and very calm in the bay.
Ed
Decided not to stay around for Loreto Fest. North winds were predicted changing to south on Saturday and northerns would help me along and save some fuel. As it turned out the north winds didn't show up on Thursday until I was putting the anchor down at Punta San Telmo, which then made that a pretty rolly anchorage for the night.
Today, Friday, the sea were flat calm, nice for motoring which I did until about noon, then the wind came up from the north and I had a great sail to Ensenada Grande where I'm anchored now. About a 57 mile run today.
Beautiful evening and very calm in the bay.
Ed
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