Calou's Blog

Cruising with the crew of CALOU on the Baja Ha-ha and Pacific Puddle Jump

Taking Refuge in Banderas Bay

11 March 2011
John
We are now about one mile out in the bay. We left in a huge hurry when we started to see the destruction that was happening in Santa Cruz and Southern California. We quickly threw everything loose on deck into the cabin and tossed off the dock lines and headed out. Most of the other sailboats did the same thing. We thought we were only going to get a small amount of action from the tsunami, but after seeing what happened in California we were not so sure, so it seems the best bet is to be out in the open water.

This is a great test of our satellite equipment as I am making this post via the satellite terminal. I was able to connect within a few minutes of getting it set up. Online at almost broadband speeds.

Bruce is making lunch right now. Good thing we provisioned yesterday. We moved most of the food items onto the boat last night, although much of our supplies are still in the trunk of the car. We were planning to unpack today.
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Vessel Name: Calou
Vessel Make/Model: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 47
Hailing Port: The Corinthian Yacht Club, Tiburon, CA
Crew: Bruce, Pascale, Antoine
Extra: Sailing on the 20th Annual Baja Ha-ha, departing mid October 2013 from Tiburon, and continuing to cruise Mexico. This will be our 3rd Haha. In 2011 we sailed the Puddle Jump from Mexico to French Polynesia, then up to Hawaii and back to San Francisco.
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