Sunday beautiful morning’s sunrise in La Paz
On Sunday morning, our first chore of the day was plan the logistics of moving Kosmos. The ideal time to leave seemed to be 1800 (6:00 pm), when neither the tides nor wind would be too strong against us. We picked an anchorage 18 hours away, which meant we’d pull in around noon, when visibility would be good.
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On the passage, I got kind of seasick part of the first day. On the second day, I got more adjusted to the ocean. Day three, I got better sea legs. Days four and five were about the same as day 3. I played lots of video games and read lots of books. I mostly ate soup and microwave burritos. My watches were from 10:00 am to noon and 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
Pendant la traversé, j’ai été un peu malade une partie du premier jour. Le deuxième jour, je me suis habitué à l’océan. Le troisième jour, j’ai finalement commencé à avoir le pied marin. Le troisième et le quatrième jour étaient presque pareil que le jour 3. J’ai joué à beaucoup de jeux vidéo et lu beaucoup de livres. J’ai principalement mangé de la soupe et des burritos réchauffés au micro onde. Les tours de garde étaient de 10h à 12h et de 2h à 4h.
First of all, here are the answers to questions:
Q: Did Keith enjoy it as much as you hoped he would????
A: Keith is working on his own blog post about his perspective of the trip. It should post on Saturday.
Q: How hot is it there?
Continue readingWe are pleased to report that we have completed a 828 nautical mile passage from Ensenada, Mexico to Bahia Falsa, which is a few miles away from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The five-day passage down was uneventful. We were in the Pacific for the first four days. Wind speed was 7 – 22 knots, from the north. Waves ranged from 3 – 8 feet from the north, with 0 – 4 feet wind chop. It would have been an uncomfortable ride had we been going north (against the wind and waves), but since we had “fair winds and following seas,” the ride was fine. Conditions slowly and steadily worsened from Friday to Sunday, then from Monday on they slowly and steadily improved.
The tip of Cabo is infamous for being rough waters. Even that stretch wasn’t bad. Conditions were a little bit confused as we rounded the corner of Cabo, but it was still better than it had been in the Pacific. Once we’d passed Cabo and got into the protected waters of the Sea of Cortez, the wind and waves died, making our last day at sea pleasant (though it is uncomfortably hot outside).
We’ll post again within the next couple of days. Meanwhile, if you have questions, feel free to post them and we’ll try to answer them in the next blog post.
When we initially arrived in the Bay Area, we stayed in South Beach Harbor marina, next to the AT&T ballpark in the heart of San Francisco.
As much as we loved being in the city, we didn’t enjoy the slip we were in at the marina. There was no Internet, it was a long walk to shore and it was so rolly we felt like we were at sea, particularly in the afternoons when the wind picked up. Christi would find any and every excuse to get off the boat, so she didn’t get much work done on the books.
After a month, we moved across the bay to Jack London Square in Oakland.
We enjoyed our time in Oakland. Not only was the marina good, we were in a great location. We had easy access to the Continue reading