07/08/2009, Home in PA
-Nuevo Vallarta - Alligator water slides and baby tigers
-Caleta Partida - hiking, friends, dinghy tour
-Catching dorado
-Baja Haha Party at Bahia Santa Maria
-Hanging out in Mazatlan with Viva and Elainium
-Releasing baby turtle in Tenacatita
-Manzanillo - Las Hadas and swinging on the spinnaker pole
-Kayaking at Ixtapa
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07/08/2009, Home in PA
-The Catch on trapeze at Club Med
-Swimming with Notch-o the dolphin at Tenacatita
-Fast downwind sailing
-easy Baja Bash home
- Isla Isabella and birding
-Colima trip with friends
-Sayulita surfing lessons
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07/01/2009, Back in Palo Alto
My favorite stops/events were (in no particular order):
-San Blas Jungle Tour -- seeing birds and HUGE crocodiles
-Isla Isabella - hiking near boobies and frigate birds in the volcanic caldera
-Isla Grande/Ixtapa snorkelling
-Manta and other rays jumping in Baja
-new friends
-girls sailing trip on Elainium
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Love, Carolyn, Eric, Trevor and Colin
07/01/2009, San Francisco!
The sun started to peek out as we passed under the Golden Gate. We turned off the engine to 15+ knot winds and hit about 7.5 knots as we rounded Yellow Bluff under reefed main and #4 headsail. So after 5,100 miles sailed over 7 ½ months, we've crossed our return path!
We were happy to be back in the marina in Sausalito by about 4 pm and to pass M/V Quan Yin, who we had first met at Isla Isabela, berthed less than 100 yds away!
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Love Kathi and family
07/01/2009, En route- Monterey to SF
We watched weather (on Kirk's blackberry!) and found that wind and wave conditions had settled enough for a comfortable trip from Monterey to SF. We departed at around 5 am on a highish tide to make sure we had the depth to leave the marina without going aground. Kirk and I departed without waking the kids and made our way out through the channel and out into Monterey Bay. The fog accompanied us (as did some Risso's dolphins with the tall dorsal fin) as we motored our way north. With mild waves, we were able to cross the San Francisco bar and enter the bay near the Cliff House and Ocean Beach.
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06/29/2009, Moss Landing
Since our arrival on the 21st, the wind had picked up a bit and the waves were a little bigger, so we had an official lay day (ok, we'd gotten a bit spoiled and didn't want to go out if it was a bit bumpy...) We saw Western Flyer depart (not an insignificant feat since there's about one boat length (i.e. 120 ft) aft before there's another dock and WF is almost square (think driving a large tennis court), so departure can take about 15 minutes! We give the crew a "10" for a difficult maneuver (although the controls are with a joy stick and the thrusters, rudder/propeller controls computer integrated so the driver doesn't have to try to control them individually).
We spent some time at the internet café and enjoyed watching the sea lions, seals and otters. There's a large group of sea lions that have taken over the dock across from south harbor- the three nights we stayed there were LOUD! For unknown reasons, one of them starts bellowing (often between the hours of 1 - 5 am when we're sound asleep), which then sets off the rest to bark, snort, and probably fart. We were relieved to return to the south end of the harbor where the harbor seals look at you with limpid dark eyes but say nothing!
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