Sailing from La Paz to San Diego

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Day 11 ‐ Jul 25, 2020

21.3 nm

Delivered

Night arrival

San Diego Arrival

Here we are, arriving into San Diego harbor!
Day 10

43.2 nm

Leaving Ensenada
Day 9 ‐ Jul 24, 2020

104.2 nm

Waiting

Having lunch in the marina. Custom clearance should be done around 2pm. We will see.... until we have the documents back, nothing is sure. Haha

waiting for clerance

Got up at 6am for a nice coffee. Rod went to the marina's office to give all the documents for the custom clearance: passports, info about the sailboat.... etc. It should take a couple of hours of adm...
Day 8 ‐ Jul 23, 2020

98.5 nm

+8

7h19pm

Arriving in Ensenada just before sundown. Nice breathe taking is directly to the Marina. Amazing pod of dolphins playing at the bow of our sailboat. Good vibe

4h30pm

We don't know how long this will take but we hope to depart Ensenada Friday and arrive SD 12 hours from Ensenada

4h28pm

We will be in Ensenada tonight. Marina Coral. Slip D-44. We will go to the marina office in the morning to clear customs and Zarp

1h54pm

Winds picked up. We are flying at 6.5 mph. Heading toward Ensenada where we have a slip reserved. Shower tonight and a still boat that won't move for sleeping

11h35am

Wow. Clouds leaving. Sun and blue sky took their place. Amazing beautiful glassy Mercury blue waters. Spectacular. Are we on Lake Tahoe?? Loving every second

7h30am

I'm so impressed by Capitaine Rod. He is so disciplined, meticulous, patient, calm. "If it had to be done, it has to be well done". We are in good hands w him

7h49am

Ensenada, where clear customs is 70NM away. At 5mph that's ETA 11pm. Options: anchor outside and wait for morning, or go in at night? Captain Rod will chose.

7h27am

Last hour of my watch last night was hard. Made it through for the team. Waking up to super mellow seas. Sun still hiding begins a wall of cloud/fog. Love4all

3h50am

Winds down to 15mph. Big swell remain. Speed around 3mph. If we increase speed w/ the engine the boat bashed a lot. We'll just take our time to cross the bay

1h13am

Just took over Tilden at the watch, 2am. I feel well awake this time for some reason. Slow speed 3mph. Into headwinds. Bumpy ride. They call it the Baja-bash.
Day 7 ‐ Jul 22, 2020

80.9 nm

+8

10h29pm

Nights are cold these days. Wearing all the layers I can put. Also sitting out of the cold air, better to stay protected as 3 hours of watch would be long.

10h27pm

Staying vigilant tonight as we get closer to land and nearby small island. We can see the lights of houses on shore. Not many stars to see as it's overcast

2h08pm

Quite a monotonous day today. Cloudy with a chance of dolphins. Cruising at 5mph. Napping and relaxing when not on watch. Lunch: Bean & salsa in mini burritos

10h11am

Just saw an Albatross who came curiously by our sailboat. AMAZING and gorgeous bird! Love them. Such wingspans. Tilden an I chatting about "fear" in life.

9h37am

Seas are calmer. Still 15mph wind but swell with low frequency. Still no fish caught. Our port light (red) went off. Need to fix it. Time change. Good spirits

6h19pm

Rod's 8pm->11pm. Tilden is 11pm to 2am. I am 2am till 5am. Then Rod 5->8am, then Tilden 8->12.... hope the night goes well in these conditions. Interesting

6h16pm

Tilden made a great soup+bean diner. It's moving like crazy inside the boat so we are hanging to all we can. Probably got a few bruises here and there.

6h15pm

Blowing 20 true wind speed, it is rocking! Captain Rod set the angle of the auto pilot and the size of the sails and we are all set. This should be good!

6h13pm

We took the back side of isla de Cedros which was smooth. Saw many whales, seals, dolphins! Came out of the protective side of the island to encounter wind.

6h34am

Off we go. Gonna be a slightly rough 2 days. Very bouncy but nothing Captain Rod or Lucky Duck can't handle. 15 to 20 knots. Let's eat a good breakfast and go
Day 6 ‐ Jul 20, 2020

47.6 nm

8h27pm

We are anchored in Turtle Bay for the night. It was good to take the afternoon to rest a bit, text and call loved ones, visit the town and some groceries.

8h55am

We will have to inflate the dingy and add the outboard engine, in order to take the empty containers and fill the up with diesel. Will have to go several time

8h53am

We are at 559NM out of 1,000. Completed 5 days with 120 hours. Big pod of dolphins followed us last night, playing right and left of our sailboat. Amazing.

8h51am

After a few rough patches super windy, the ocean is better this morning. Long swell. Rolling.Completely different environment. Arriving in Turtle Bay for fuel
Day 5

101.6 nm

Just started my 5am to 8am shift. Beautiful night. Autopilot on. Main sail up. Engine on at 1,700 RPM. Shooting stars and bioluminescent waters. Cool temps. -- Gnarly waters during the night. Same today with 18 knots winds. Feeling nauseous for a bit but improving. Amazing show of a great pod of dolphins. -- So impressed by Tilden & Rod who are superstars. Rod sets the sails as a magician and it's set for 30 miles. Tilden has fun fishing & releasing. In good hands -- Waves aren't that bi [...]
g but their frequency is high. Trying to picture myself in my solo kayak in these. Probably would put the sea anchor. Safety first.

+4

Sailing

10h31pm

Started my 11pm to 2am shift. Getting used to Navigating at night and not using the eyes to read the water. Relying on the plotter and it's numerous numbers.

6h39

We are at halfway point in terms of mileage. 500 NM. Let see what the ocean has prepared for us for the second half. Love you all!!

day 5

7:30pm. Wind starting to die. Swells are not as steep but gradually getting larger. We sailed 30 miles, tacked out 12 miles. Heading N again twrds turtle bay

6h34

Fortunately the winds direction were favorable to sailing. Steep short interval swells were better negotiable at a certain angel so Capt Rod decides to tack
Day 4 ‐ Jul 19, 2020

106.9 nm

5am shift for me this morning. I'm gonna see the sunrise!! Yes!! Tiny slice of moon rising. Orange tones to it. Light headwind. Passed cape, heading into bay. -- Finishing my watch from 5am till 8am. Love that time as I see the sun rise. Coffee and an apple made it easy to wake up. I'm gonna stay on deck a bit longer. -- We completed 3 days. Day 5 we will be in turtle bay to fuel. Then another 4-5 days. Weather great. We are lucky. Tilden fishing. Reggae on speakers
Day 3 ‐ Jul 18, 2020

111.3 nm

Fueled up with the extra tanks. Stopped the sailboat and took a swim and washed our hair and body. Rod made is french roasts and fruit for breakfast. Nice!! -- Beautiful weather. Low swell, no wind. Current is against us so we are using the motor to make progress north. Hawaiian tunes and the Eagles on the speakers. -- We've been sailing without sight of land for like 15 hours. Remembering every of my ocean crossing. Feeling FREE & peaceful. Living an Adventure, Love to all -- We are 31 [...]
nautical miles off shore. I LOVE to see those ocean birds coming out of nowhere to say hi, curious. How do they do?!! Good temperatures today. Love! -- Lots of sea lions. Caught couple fish (Pacific barracuda and Bonita) but too small. Sailed for 4 hours and 5:30 of engine. Beautiful Mexico sunset. -- Finally found the adaptor for the grill so Captain Rod cooked us some amazing burgers! Was hot in the morning but cooled down in the afternoon due to winds -- Sat phone issues. Our plan is for all South America (Mex. included) but we noticed that 12 miles away from the land, we can't call nor receive calls. Sucks. -- We enjoyed our day together and are making a good team. Good laughs and peaceful energies. Captain Rod teaches me a lot and I try to remember. Night night!
Day 2 ‐ Jul 17, 2020

116.8 nm

We did great mileage in the past 24 hours. Average is 5mph. Did 126 miles. Stopped in Cabo San Jose to top off the fuel. Got a breakfast burrito and a swim. -- Pretty show given by the Manta Rays this morning, jumping away high as they can, flapping their winds in the air on a futile attempt to go higher and show off -- Just passed the arches of Cabo San Lucas. We will reach the Pacific Ocean water this afternoon. Fishing line is trolling but not chance yet. Want fresh fish! -- Just fini [...]
shed 4hours of my watch, from noon to 4pm. Time for a nap. Sea is call, almost no wind. We are chilling here, listening to music and chatting. Peace -- Sunset was fabulous tonight. Dire Straits blasting on the speakers. Burrito as diner. Saw dolphins and sea turtles. My turn is 11pm till 2am. Then 8am to noon
Day 1 ‐ Jul 16, 2020

79.9 nm
La Paz, Mexico ‐ Jul 13, 2020

+4

Resting before sailing

+7

Getting ready

Rod, Tilden and I two hours this morning reviewing the whole boat and its set up with the owner. Everything looks great. Then we went to the supermarket to get our ten days of food and water. And coff...

Arrived in La Paz, Mexico

First day of the new adventure!! Captain Rod picked me up at home at 6h15am and we took off to SFO. Tilden, the other crew member is in the car as well. I can see instantly that we will get along just...

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