Allan, Alyssa, Jan
03/28/2009, 12 02.60'N:115 32.99'W, 850 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

Now they are just jumping aboard. We awoke this morning to a hitchhiker aboard, a 3" flying fish, who must have wanted to be part of our sushi lunch. 108 NM made good in the past 24 hours, all under sail. Winds have freshened this morning to 15, so we are moving well between 5-6 knots and preparing for the potential of rain and squalls later this afternoon and evening. Winds are supposed to move to the east in the next couple of days, which means a gybe. Too bad, we really have gotten used to being on a starboard tack. -allan

"Nemo is Nomo" (another movie quote but for the kids this time) Mmmmmm sushi! By far it's one of my favorite foods; my friends should all know this by now. One of the repercussions of catching it yourself, however, is that you have to sleep with your hands smelling like fish the rest of the night. It isn't until the next morning that it wears off with the help of washing your hand with a lemon or lime. It's a useful trick for fishing. Before all the commotion broke out yesterday, I had already started writing a blog, but I figured that was enough for one day. It's titled.

10 Things You Never Care to Mention on a Boat:

1. Shaving.or the lack there of. A sailboat has limited space in a shower and is considerably rocky. Who would've thought? Just don't stare through binoculars at a passing boat, and I'm sure the pretty lady you're staring at is still gorgeous. 2. Smells. Sure it's windy, but with constant squalls, the hatches are usually closed. Never complain about it because I'm sure you'll get caught in the act eventually. It's a pretty long passage across an ocean. 3. Sharks. This rule was broken early in on this trip, so Jan only gets in the water for a brief three minutes after seeing a fish before jumping in. Eh.fish are nice. I'll worry about sharks after the usual middle-of-the-ocean 10-minute rule. Just don't talk about sharks when I'm in the water please! I already know there in it with me! 4. Fresh milk.or lack there of. We're all on the same boat so stop reminding everyone we'll be eating beans and potatoes for the last week of passage. 5. Clothing malfunctions. A tiny bikini is bound to fall off somewhere at some point, so shut up and enjoy the moment of freedom. 6. Sweat. It's hot. Just jump in the water and load on the deodorant when you get back out. 7. Engine noise or slapping sails. What's to do when the wind's dead? Pull a pillow over your head when you're trying to sleep. You'll be surprised how well it works because surprisingly enough it also shuts off the courtesy lights for you :-) 8. Messy hair. With the wind on your side for sailing, it's against you for the beauty contest. Enjoy not caring and sport the bed head look for good. 9. Cocktail hour. We've been dry for a week.good enough excuse for us when the Corinthia asked if we've had one yet. Let us enjoy this one hour in celebration we haven't ripped someone's hair out yet in these close quarters. 10. Ice. The icemaker doesn't set well when the boat rocks.it always rocks, so don't ask why there's no ice in your drink with 85°F weather. -Alyssa

You see everybody is writing on this blog, but I never seem to read or hear stories! Finally this morning I did read and enjoyed them. The question is though are they true stories or not?? I guess you know your family/friends well, so I'll let you be the judge of that. My perception of our wonderful trip might be slightly different.

The Tragic Death of Miss Yellow Fin Tuna.

It all happened so suddenly, she was going for a final nightly swim enjoying herself. Her beautiful big lips were attracting attention from the boys, but there it was an aging pain! What happened she only took a little snack! She couldn't control her self anymore. She almost fainted, but her girl power kept her aware but it was a lost cause against those drunks at the after deck. Ruthlessly she was hauled onto Follow you Follow us and fed with vodka, a victim of murder slaughtered at the galley table. How can I ever enjoy sushi again?

[Just a note. Jan's the one who got the vodka out to drown the fish. -Alyssa]

That's what we call euthanasia in the Netherlands.

[and if it weren't for Jan. we would still have the wrong lure on and not have caught a fish. Jan told us to put on a smaller one so we could have fresh fish for dinner. - Alyssa]

She is getting cheeky our little steward

I started my watch at 05.00 this morning and felt really tired. But once I was out there by myself, the magic came around the corner again. Isn't it great; here you are Jan another morning in the middle of the ocean! Because we set the time an hour earlier, the sun came up around 06.00 and up she came! a splendid sunrise. I took out the reef which we mostly set during the night and sailed the boat myself. Going at six to seven knots and listening to my favored Opera music by Inessa Gallante. How is it that everything becomes more intense, much bigger, more beautiful! At the same time Rina and I have been talking about home. I must confess that I have been thinking a lot about it lately and after 16 months of travelling I suddenly see myself living there again?.......... -Jan

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Allan, Alyssa
03/27/2009, 12 50.39'N:114 39.45'W, 750 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

Follow You was enjoying cocktail hour on a brisk run at 12 knots under spinnaker when alerted to the sound of a fleeing fish. Tzzzzzz went the reel as Alyssa jumped to action. After initially fouling the reel, we spent 7 minutes bringing the mighty beast to the stern. Earlier in the day we had a fish on the hook only to lose it in the last 20 feet. not this time. Alyssa grabbed the gaff hook and snared the young yellow fin tuna as it jumped towards our stern and just like that, Follow You had finally caught its first fish, after *only* 1300 nautical miles.

After dousing his gills with vodka, the tuna expired as Alyssa unsheathed the sushi knives. 15 minutes of flashing knives later, it was all sushi and chum. We look forward to fresh sushi for lunch tomorrow. -allan

It has been quite a change from this morning. Good conversation at cocktail hour, as most cocktails lead to commonly. It was an adventure catching two fish in one night! I was skeptical years ago when someone said only half the work is catching the fish. Only now do I realize what they were saying... the other half of the work is filleting it! You have to sharpen the knives so often because cutting through bone is such work (and I apologize for the brusque approach). As much as I value such a beautiful animal, I enjoy sushi so much more lol! Phil will weep at this blog seeing as he caught several fish all of which escaped in the last instances of battle. After only 15 minutes of struggle and kniving, we enjoyed the freshest tuna we've ever had... "Like butta" (Another prize to the next person who guesses this tv show quote!) -Alyssa

ps, congrats to Stan Smith for correctly identifying "Hunt for Red October" as our last movie reference. Free sushi for Stan! (must be present to win, hahahaha)

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Allan, Jan, Alyssa
03/27/2009, 13 16.42'N:114 23.67'W, 700 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

100 Miles made good over the last 24 hours, 95% of it under sail, largely due to the light winds. Light winds expected for the next 72 hours, so we will be a little behind our float plan. Higher winds expected in 96 hours where we should make it up. -allan

Stories to tell: Jan Selderijk

We sailed through the night at a leisurely speed of 4 to 5 knots. Wrapped in a towel, I see the pitch dark night slowly turning into grey. The stars stop peering through the clouds. Where have they gone? Is that also the place where our beloved ones went? Then I see her golden beams glowing towards the sky. The sun starts warming up the cold morning. Dolphins enjoy the new day as well. Wow those swells are much higher in daylight!

Just imagine how it feels to jump in an opal bleu ocean 10000 feet /6000 m deep with a temperature of 79 F/24 C!

We are eating a lot of fresh veggies and fruits, but it is a challenge to keep them up for another week. Of course the carrots, potatoes and onions will carry on. As a true Dutchman I brought sauerkraut along, but now I have to persuade the Alexopulos family to eat them with mashed potatoes and frank further sausage.

Laying in my bunk, I listen to the sound of the creaks and cracks. Water is slashing to the hull. Listen. to the wind in the sails. Just as the tall ships in all the stories I read as a boy. They brought wealth to The Netherlands in the 16th/17th century with spices from the east. You can still see it in Amsterdam by the rich design of the houses along the ancient canals. Did you know that the reason to have a small pepper mill is the price you had to pay for it? So far to day, we keep living the dream! -Jan

Really - no- *really* learning to sail your boat

While in the Sea of Cortez I wrote of the expanding nature of time and space, as we decompressed from the buildup to the Baja Haha and the departure of the crew in Cabo. Over the last several months, we more or less achieved a balance of sailing/chores/planning/sightseeing/socializing that was enjoyable and balanced. A month sailing the gold coast below Banderas Bay, always on the hook was followed by several weeks in the Marina, for example. Kicking back in Barra was balanced by our increased intensity as we prepared for the jump to the Marquesas.

Now 7 days out, we are exploring some previously untapped areas. Even while not sailing on a schedule in Mexico, we still had a plan, which meant creating float plans predicated on constraints like winds, arrivals in anchorages during daylight, etc. We had very few sails that were truly open ended, largely due to our own designs. With the incredible space of 2800 miles, no vessel sightings in 5 days and just the 4 of us, it has dramatically changed the dynamic of sailing, at least for me. Our new constraint of limited fuel means we sail until it is just too painful to continue, usually when the wind drops below 4 knots and the combination of sea swells and sails slapping themselves silly gets the better of us.

We have all the time in the world to learn how to tune the sails to milk every last 10th of a knot out of the boat. Adjusting expectations so that we are happy and relaxed coasting along at 2-3 knots is a *completely* new experience, and I must say, an enjoyable one. We are learning new things about this boat and how to sail her well, anticipating the effects of little wind shifts, the constant pacific swell patterns, and to set her up for quiet yet efficient running at night. Feeling the wind pick up before the knot reader shows it, listening to the now familiar sound of water on the hull and using that information to know how fast the boat is or will very shortly go is what you get when you have unlimited space and time.

While Rina the OSHA safety officer is ever present, I notice a slow unwinding of her hyper-vigilance as she becomes more comfortable at sea. Having Alyssa aboard has been a great facilitator as well. We can't wait until Megan joins us in a couple of months. -allan

Sunscreen keeps the red away.

I always panic when Dad asks if I want to blog again. Like I almost have a lack of thoughts to fill a blank page, although I know that's not true. The thoughts are there, but not completely relevant when it comes time to blogging. I always think of something but never have my journal at the ready to scribble it all down. So blogging is a bit harder today. Not much has happened. We sailed all night with 5-10 knots of wind to fill the sails. The spinnaker has been holding pretty strong since this morning though. I've been more "interactive" working the lines and putting up the spinnaker with Dad. It's making me think about continuing to sail when I get back to Santa Cruz. There were classes at UCSC, but I'm sure there's only a sailing club at Cabrillo. The difference I'll have to overcome is, of course, the cold weather there versus the AMAZING warm, blue waters of the South Pacific. I haven't been able to escape the sun just yet (oh darn), so my tan hasn't had a problem appearing. don't worry, Pep, I'm using tons of sunscreen! I can't wait to see you guys when we reach the Marquesas. Megan, you're gunna love it here! Miss everyone! -Alyssa



TGIF!!

It's the finish of our first week! TGIF! This trip so far has been an adventure.not just the sailing, the provisioning, the cooking, the cleaning, the patience of everyone, and did I say "cooking"? My latest challenge is that we've run out of bread..so what to do, what to do..you bake it! So last night I made a shrimp curry with rice, Raita(cucumber salad with Yogurt), and Naan(Indian bread).the challenge.baking underway has a whole new meaning. How do you keep 2.5 lbs of flour from dropping off the counter onto the floor??? How do you keep the bowl with rising dough from flopping (or not rising due to the bumps and rolls)? Well it does work, the Naan came out beautiful (of course the dinner was good also), but tonight we are having meat & potatoes, and Foccacia. We'll see how it turns out.until tomorrow then. Miss my Megan! Love to everyone. -Rina (OSHA Safety Officer, still on duty!!)

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Allan, Alyssa
03/26/2009, 14 02.62'N:113 12.13'W, 500 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

Our sail yesterday was picture perfect, with winds on the beam and "set it and forget it" sail handling with the whisker pole on the jib and full main. The wind died with the sun, however, and we motored most of the night. Jan gallantly made a go of a jib only sail on his watch and was able to maintain 4-5 knots for an hour or so before the wind subsided to 3-4 knots.

Alyssa and I had the sunrise watch from 5-8am, with Alyssa's eyes glued to the east horizon and mine closed, tuned into my Ipod playing a long forgotten episode of "This American Life". Watches have become pretty routine, as we have not seen any other vessel in 4 days. We scan the horizon 3-4 times an hour, listen to music (much to Jan's chagrin) and read or talk. Rina reminds us to stay at the helm however, because, the autopilot can do a "crazy ivan" at any time, where "otto" just lets go and the boat does a 360 degree turn. special prize to the first person to email us with the movie reference. (Family and Corey not eligible)

Late in the morning the wind rose gently to 5-10 knots, so we raised the spinnaker for the first time since leaving Banderas Bay. It took all our concentration to keep the sail filled, with hand steering and one person manning the sheet full time to pull it in when slack so the sail would not end up wrapped around the rigging. After an hour or so we were able to tune our technique so that it stayed full most of the time. Unfortunately the wind also clocked to the ENE, meaning that we were headed just barely NORTHwest, not SOUTHwest. Doh! At 4 knots over 4 hours we gave up barely a mile and a half of southing, so no big deal. We will jibe the sail over after lunch if necessary and head due south with the current winds, which are still only 6-10 knots. Weather shows these same conditions for the next several days so we are recalibrating our expectations for some slooooow sailing, as our budget of fuel for this portion of the trip is about 75% exhausted.

When the wind finally took a break around lunch, we decided to take a time out from sailing and go swimming, take showers on the stern and do a check of the hull. We have been warned about white tip sharks in the open ocean, so we followed the 10 minute rule. That is, GET OUT in 10 minutes or you are pressing your luck. Alyssa and I jumped in, followed shortly by Jan, with Rina on lookout. I donned mask and flippers to swim around the hull checking for growth. As I looked under water, I got the chills.. SO blue.. And you could see a great distance, but there.. Was.. No.. bottom. (We are in water well over a mile deep. No sea life that I could see either. Alyssa proceeded to frolic while I inspected the hull, finding nothing but some small growth above the waterline on the port side. Light brushing removed the budding gooseneck barnacles, which, if left untouched, will grow 2-3 inches in a week or two. After about 8 minutes, Rina starts noticing silver flashes in the water. I looked around and sure enough, schools of fish had decided to come check us out. No sharks, but all of a sudden we were surrounded by fish. Where there are fish. there may be sharks. so out we went.

After a nice tuna ceviche tostada lunch, we pulled the spinnaker back out and are now making 3-4 knots southwest towards our next mark, back on track. During lunch the wind had increased ever so slightly and moved around to the North, allowing us to make progress to the South once again. -allan

Finally some salt water! Yay! I get a chance to jump in the ocean. You'd think I'd already done it seeing as I've been here since last Wednesday, right? Nope. We went from the marina (like the "dirty dirty delta" *cough* my close ski clubbers should know I'm thinking of them?) straight into our 24 hour shifts of sailing, so I'd yet to jump in. Thankfully the winds died down even too little for the spinnaker to fill, so we decided to take a break. Dad had done a little research and, to our luck, you have to watch out for sharks (specifically the oceanic whitetip shark aka. Carcharhinus longimanus) after only 10 minutes of being in the water. I didn't think much of it until nine minutes after swimming mom yells that there is something big swimming next to the boat. I laugh and dad was still scrubbing the side of the boat with his mask and flippers. Jan was the first one out of course haha and then I start climbing the ladder telling dad to take a look with his mask. "That's a pretty big fucking fish!" And our swim was over. Our boat was surrounded by dozens of fish for the next hour, mostly mackerel jumping I think away from something, while seagulls dove for the schools of flying fish everywhere. After hardly seeing any sea life like that, I just dropped my fishing line into the water. From what I hear, fish have only gotten caught on this pole when whoever's manning it is away from it (*cough* Phil!) so this was the perfect time to blog. Wish me luck!!! -Alyssa

Ps.. No fish yet Phil! Your record is safe.

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Allan, Alyssa
03/25/2009, 15 17.10'N:111 46.48'W, 500 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

Well, we were going to take a blog day off, but then we got a bunch of email saying "Where's the blog!?!?!?!" We stand corrected.

We continue to have comfy sailing during the day, with nice beam reaches in fairly calm seas, averaging 5-6 knots, with blast up to 8 or 9 knots. The sails are well balanced, making life easy on the autopilot. The only human corrections required are when the wind cycles through more than 20 degrees, which it does every couple of hours. Winds are still from the North, but predicted to become North-Easterly by tonight. This will be the beginning of the Northern Trade Winds, which should be more consistent. However, if I look out 96 hours out, down at 9N/118W, winds are predicted to die way down. Because we have only motored for 25 hours since our departure, we have more fuel than expected at this stage, and can motor through any areas of low/no wind. Our fuel consumption is about .75 gallons/hour, so we have only used about 18 out of 230 gallons aboard. We expected to use double that by this stage.

-allan

Chapstick, Anyone? I swear.only 10 minutes after our blog entry yesterday we saw more dolphins, only this time it was bright enough to see the whole pod jumping just beyond the boat. It's not like coastal cruising where you see dolphins all the time. Surfing in Manresa or down south in San Onofre you have wildlife around you all the time. In the middle of the Pacific, I'd just say it's rarer considering how much space you have to cover to find Whales or dolphins. The dolphins never got very close because of how unfamiliar we are to them whereas the coastal dolphins like to race boats along the bow. Breeding grounds and more food on the shelf keeps them pretty close to shore. Nevertheless, plenty of squid have found our deck a perfect landing strip in the middle of the night. This morning dad found 3 not much bigger than a tube of chapstick stuck to the deck. I've been enjoying sailing very much (so far that is haha). Maybe I'll look into the Intro to Oceans classes at Cabrillo. I never realized how much I used the Internet until it was gone, go figure. -alyssa

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Allan, Rina, Alyssa, Jan
03/24/2009, 16 44.25'N:109 55.30'W, 350 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

Passage Update: After 3 nights at sea we have set into a rhythm, our sea legs starting to emerge and night watches coming a bit easier. We motor-sailed last night due to light winds and batteries that were depleted 40%. Our battery monitor may be confused however, as the solar is keeping us in good shape, with no net power usage during the day. Even in cloudy weather we are making 12 amps, which more than keep the batteries full. Our genset remains cranky, with an intermittent coolant temp sensor, which I will spend some time working around today.

A big thank you to the people who have sent us email and comments facebook. The only thing we CANT see is comments on the blog, so either email us - using text only email (no html) and keep it short, or send us Facebook messages, which we get via email.

Ben, to answer your question, when the seas are rough like the other night, you don't sleep much until the sleep deprivation catches up to you, and then it's EASY. It's amazing that your brain can suppress flogging sails, loud motors and other sounds around you when it needs to. Then as you awake, all those sounds come flooding back into your conscious. -Allan

Crazy Beautiful Sea Wind, no wind, a sailing contradiction of terms. Seas, no seas, can be a sailing impediment. Blue, so Blue, it's a lonely color blue really, nothing in sight for miles and miles. Sea life, where are you, there's so much ocean to cross, we are looking for you. Silent nights, loud days. Simply put, it's a crazy beautiful place to be. -Rina

Crayola Crayons ? I saw more flying fish today. I've always wondered why they were made to fly when there's really no purpose beyond awing those who see them for those few brief moments. Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me on this trip.We're nearly 1/5th of the way to Marquesas and the water is already 76°F. Let me repeat that.the PACIFIC OCEAN is 76°F! Hot tub anyone??? It is so clear and so deep, like a transparent version of the Crayola Ocean Blue colored crayon. Perfect. There's nothing in sight on the entire horizon (about 35 miles in any direction) and it's been that way for the past 3 days. I can't wait to see whales and turtles. -Alyssa

Hello Everybody, Isn't this great? Dreams come true! Lot's of dreaming time as well. There are some strange birds out here flying around all by themselves, but then again there are some strange birds sailing here as well! Megan, it is great to be out here with your family, but we are thinking of you! Take care. Lots of love/ Veel liefs, -Jan

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Alyssa
03/23/2009, 17 55.9'N:108 17.7'W, 247 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

So our first couple days of passage have been, as expected, pretty rocky for me. Big thanks to Josie and Phil for the Meclazine; it has helped me tremendously. Besides that, the weather is amazing.only last night did it get to a bone-chilling 67 degrees (how terrible haha). It was quite a trip to wake up after the first night and look around and see nothing but water. I've been accompanying my dad for night watches, and, with no moon, you can't see a thing! Luckily this morning just before sunrise we saw dolphins swimming along the boat playing in the ambience of the whitewater. Natural little algae light up when there's any disturbance in the water. It looks like there are green stars in the water at night. Hopefully I'll get to go fishing today if weather permits. The boat has to go below 5 knots in order to fish, and from the sound of it we're making pretty good speed (6.7 knots in 12 knots of wind). I applaud mom and Jan for their amazing meals underway even in some prett y big swells. Just ask Jan how blue he is.

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Allan
03/23/2009, 18 03.1'N:108 08.2'W, 230 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

What a night. Weather was predicted to become a bit more intense, with a forecast of winds to 18 knots till midnight, then subsiding overnight. Instead, winds and seas increased by 8pm to 20-22 with gusts to 25 knots and seas to 10 feet on the beam. By the time dinner was served, Jan's wonderful vegitable ratatouie was blowing off our plates! We quickly gobbled our food before it got cold (yes, it gets cold out here too) and strapped on our lifevests and tethers. The boat handled the weather fine under triple reefed main and a hankerchief of a jib. We finally doused the jib completely and rode the waves at 5-6 knots.

The seas would not have been much of an issue except that about every 20 seconds a combo wind wave and 10 foot swell wouild combine and knock the boat down it's face, heeling about 25 degrees each time. We experimented with different points of sail to try to minimize the motion, finally slowing the boat down to about 4 knots so we could ride each of those mountains at a more comfortable pace. Around 5am we put back out a heavily reefed jib and boat speed immediately jumped to 7-8 knots. Meanwhile nobody got much sleep as the boat sounds like it is coming apart down below. Actually, it's mostly provisions rattling around. And Pep, little Nemo went flying from his perch, but he's safe now.

The winds and seas did not abate until around 7am this morning, and we slowly let out more sail and got the boat moving more smoothly and everyone caught up on sleep. Speaking of which, that's alyssa in the picture above on THE most comfortable berth on the boat. It's right at the center of the boat and doesnt rock much at all.

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Allan
03/22/2009, 19 21.5'N:106 57.7'W, 130 Miles Southwest of Banderas Bay

After the excitement of our departure, the crew spent today resting up from our first night at sea. A lot of emotion was expended and tension released, after such a build-up to this event. We took 3 hour watches, with 6 off starting at 1700 hours yesterday. The evening was uneventful, with only a couple of container ship sightings, and we did not need to change course, as they passed 5-10 miles away. The engine went off about 2am as the winds finally increased enough to sail, with the boat making 3-5 knots in 8-12 knots of wind. Alyssa got a little seasick yesterday but is doing better today. After a couple of days she will start to take some day watches.

We are currently sailing in 15 knots of wind, making 6.2 knots over ground in 3-4 ft seas. The water has already turned bright blue and is very clear. Not much sealife out here so far, other than a visit this morning by a pod of dolphins, who stuck around for 20 minutes.

We organized our daily chores and agreed to do them together in the afternoon after we have all woken up from our morning naps. Chores include:

- Run generator to top off batteries - new solar panels mean we use about 12% of batteries at night, recharging via genset for a short period in the morning, then the panels keeps up with our power usage all day long. - Make water while the genset is running - Clean and empty the heads - Vacuum the floors - flip the eggs - helps them last longer - Check the veggies for any spoilage - Drop long lines (ropes) in the water from the bow for 30 minutes - This cleans the undersides of slime and gooseneck barnacles, which can grow inches long on your undersides, even while underway - Clear personal items from public areas - Sweep cockpit and clean behind cushions - amazing what collects in 24 hours - Submit YOTREPS weather and tracking report by 1500 hours - allows other boats to see what weather we have and our friends boats to see where we are - Submit Buoyweather weather forecast for next 5 days - Inspect boat rigging for chafe and damage - Clean thru-hull screens for genset and watermaker - Pull 1 deferred task from task list - today it was replacing rings on turnbuckles that could otherwise snag the sails or lines

As you can see, never a dull although we still have plenty of time for reading, writing and personal stuff. None of us has our sea legs yet, and we expect the routine will become more comfortable over the next couple of day as we continue to acclimate.

The picture is our new whisker pole, deployed to port, which holds the jib out so it doesnt flap so much in light winds. It is pre-rigged so all we have to do is cleat the fore and aft downriggers, attach to the mast, hoist it up on a halyard and run a separate sheet to the furled sail. We can then furl the sail in/out and leave the pole there. This will come very handy when we start hitting squalls in a couple of days and winds increase from 10-30 knots in a couple of minutes. The pole has already made the boat faster and more quiet...

Ok, time to get back to my book!

allan

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Allan
03/21/2009, 20 41.9'N:105 26.4'W, Banderas Bay

The crew of Follow You toasts Neptune, makes an offering of reelly good champagne and crackers to the sea god and then cuts the dock lines. Currently motorsailing out to the edge of Banderas Bay where we will pick up winds from the north. Wahoo!

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