05/21/2007, Mazatlan to Baja
Here's a video of the highlights of our sailing trip from Mazatlan to Los Muertos on the Baja peninsula.
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05/20/2007
We left Mazatlan at 7:00 a.m. May 19 and sailed in light winds coming out of the South. In the morning the winds were very light so we motorsailed, but the winds increased to 12 to 14 knots in the afternoon so we were able to shut off the engine and sail under canvas alone for awhile.
Around 6 PM the winds lightened again to about 8 knots so we started motorsailing again.
It's now 4:30 in the morning and I'm doing the 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. watch. The winds are only about 7 to 8 knots so we have to motorsail in order to maintain reasonable speed.
At the current 6 knot rate our ETA in Bahia De Los Muertos (70 nautical miles away) is about 12 hours which would have us arriving about 4:30 PM. Of course the winds could change, hopefully a bit more wind so we can make better time.
During the night watch I edited some video we took today, then watched a movie on the laptop (16 Blocks with Bruce Willis, it was pretty good). I've only seen one other boat or ship during the night, it was doing about 12 knots and going the opposite direction. It's a moonless night so radar is the main navigation tool. The stars and the milky way are SO bright it's quite astounding. We're about 100 miles from nearest city so the view of the sky is very clear.
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We enjoyed a wonderful dinner of "la choucroute", a dish consisting of sauerkraut and roasted meats, a specialty of Pascale's region of France, Alsace/Lorraine.
Joining us were the delightful French couple Michel and Viviennne, who now live near Guadalahara.
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Bon vent bonne mer pour ce retour vers la Californie !
Les premières photos sont déjà dans le dossier ;)
Bises à tous.
Jeff et Renée qui partent pour une semaine de vacances vers Rome, Naples, Capri, Amalfi et tuti quanti !
Playa Bruja is a beach north of Mazatlan, with good surf, and a nice palapa restaurant with a good deal on lobster dinners.
In the photo with us are David and Carolyn of the boat AZTEC and Steve and Blanca from ALOHA.
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Grosses bises de Jeff et Renée
A vignette of what it's like homeschooling our boys aboard CALOU while we're in Mexico. Antoine is learning about the Middle Ages right now.
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We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at our friend Silverio's house in Mazatlan, prepared by Silverio and his wife Estella. We were pleased to meet his sons daughters-in-law, and little granddaughter Camilla (2). She was so cute!
Silverio runs a jewelry stand by the pool at the Marina El Cid, and Francois has spent many afternoons there helping Silverio out and learning jewelry making.
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