Cruising Ashika

Two crazy cocker spaniels dragging their two humans around the Pacific looking for dolphin on a 1976 Fuji 45 ketch.

19 July 2014 | Guaymas, Mexico
Celebrating Ashika's Arrival
14 July 2014 | Guaymas, Mexico
Sharks and Sunsets
10 July 2014 | Topolabambo
U-turns and Flashlight Wars
30 June 2014 | Mazatlan
Monkey Business
27 June 2014 | Mazatlan
Chickens in the Mizzen
20 June 2014 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
31 May 2014 | Barra de Navidad
Chicks on the Road
20 May 2014 | Barra de Navidad
Barra Barra
16 May 2014 | Zihuatinejo
A Gaggle of Dolphin
15 May 2014 | Alcapulco Mexico
Alcapulco
06 May 2014 | Alcapulco Mexico
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightening,
29 April 2014 | Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec
28 April 2014 | Amapal to Chiapas
Hal Hath Gone Insane
14 April 2014 | Nicaragua
Corinto
11 April 2014 | Corinto, Nicaragua
A Herd of Turtles
01 April 2014 | Costa Rica
Papagayo
31 March 2014 | Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica
Murder, Costa Rican Style - Finale Chapter
31 March 2014 | Ballena, Nicoya Penninsula, Costa Rica
Murder, Costa Rican Style
18 March 2014 | Quepos, Costa Rica
Quepos for a Day
14 March 2014 | Golfito, Costa Rica
Social Butterflies

Monkey Business

30 June 2014 | Mazatlan
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After setting Ashika's anchor in Mazatlan's old harbor, the wind changed to a more westerly direction. It was coming through a low lying bit of land between the light-house hill and the city. There are two things wrong with that wind direction; 1. Major sandblasting work is going on fishing boat hulls blowing vile and probably poisonous dust from old copper bottom paint right into Ashika's open hatches. And 2. and maybe more vile; there is a raw sewage treatment plant just beyond the sandblasting work spewing fumes from giant steel vats. Prime ocean front property... what were they thinking when they decided to put the sewage plants there?

My eyes and nose had started to drip like a leaky faucets. Now I understood why we were the only boat in the anchorage.

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We upped anchor early the next morning and headed for the marinas. I should mention there were a couple of pre-hurricanes headed generally in our direction. The two low pressure systems had not made up when we came over to the marinas, but they are now Hurricane Douglas and Hurricane Elida. We had a decision to make.

We decided to stay, at Marina Mazatlan. Fonatur was decidely cheaper but they were booked up. We figured we would wait and see what those two systems make up to before heading further up into the Sea of Cortez.

Here's the current PassageWeather.com forecast for today:


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And this is tomorrow's forecast:


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I can't make this stuff up.

Special shout out to Bob in Las Vegas; Thank you Bob!!!!!!!

Peace

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Vessel Name: Ashika
Vessel Make/Model: Fuji 45, designed by John G. Alden and built by Fuji Yacht Works in Japan.
Hailing Port: San Pedro, Calif.
Crew: sv Ashika with Dois, Lauri, Ginger and Daisy
About: Dois is the Captain of our vessel. He came to Ashika with over 40 years of boating experience. Lauri is our Admiral and believes that in time, the Captain will acknowledge her title. In the meantime, she tries to accomplish what the Captain needs to keep the crew and Captain safe.
Extra:
Ginger and Daisy are the ship's Dogs. Daisy is 17 years old. Deaf and mostly blind, she approaches sailing like she does life; with grace and poise. She used to be our fishing manager and would spend the entire day "watching" the lines. We have had to promote her to "manager of dog treats" because [...]
Home Page: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/ashika

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Who: sv Ashika with Dois, Lauri, Ginger and Daisy
Port: San Pedro, Calif.

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