and it is calm and rolly. 2 and 3 foot swells rolling us around as we motor from La Paz, Baja to Banderas Bay, La Cruz on the Mexican mainland. 2nd day of travel and the most wind seen has been 9 knots. Rich and I are both thinking of future travel plans that entail long stretches where we'll need to conserve fuel and use whatever wind there is rather than fire up the engine. Sitting in this rocky rolly sea without any headway would be a rather washing machine like experience.
Last night the sea was calm like melted chocolate with ripples as Ceilidh slid through on our journey. Directly overhead the sky was clear and stars studded the velvet sky. In the distance to the west was a glow from Cabo San Lucas and to the east a dimmer glow from Mazatlan. This early afternoon on Nov 4th 2005 finds us 100+ nautical miles south east of Cabo, Baja and 50 miles west of mainland Mexico. Out here in the pacific with the turtles. So many sea turtles that you might think they were buoys set to direct you into harbor. Fishing report: 0 Dolphin report: 0 whale report? 0. Have seen a remarkable number of flying fish and a few excited fish boils. Today Rich and I will work on putting together the new fishing lures I purchased while in the US in Oct (some assembly required). In the meantime I will catch up on individual emails that are way over due and post this via sailmail to the blog.
Onward and south east bound...
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