25 August 2012 | Bahias de Chahue, Huatulco, Oaxaca
24 July 2012 | Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
30 May 2012 | Huatulco
22 May 2012 | Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
22 May 2012 | Bahia Santa Cruz
22 May 2012 | Bahia Santa Cruz
15 April 2012 | Huatulco
08 April 2012 | Playa de la Ropa/ Zihuatenjo
08 April 2012 | Ixtapa
08 April 2012 | Mantanchen
28 March 2012 | Bahia Santiago
28 March 2012 | La Cruz
08 March 2012 | La Cruz
13 February 2012 | Jaltamba
13 February 2012 | La Cruz
02 February 2012 | Mazatlan
05 January 2012 | La Paz

flying the spinnaker

28 March 2012 | Bahia Santiago
Vivien 80's
We’ve had a great few months of sailing the mainland of Mexico. We tried out some new sail combinations which include our spinnaker. It is so beautiful so see the front of the boat lit up with color. Juliette was very amused by this as well as the blue footed boobies. They kept flying by our bow and checking out the huge sail.
Here’s video footage of the passage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klc6gaTWQ9w&feature=relmfu

Then we had very light winds so Joel set up the sails wing on wing. We looked like a giant butterfly sailing down the coast. We were going 6 knots which is lightning speed for our Winnebago Lady Ann.
If you have time here’s footage of that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NprWE0UFYbg&feature=channel

Now we are heading farther south to Zihuatenejo and then to Huatulco which is the last stop before Guatemala. We’re loving it out here as the sea is so rejuvenating.
Comments
Vessel Name: Lady Ann
Vessel Make/Model: Irwin 37
Hailing Port: San Rafael, California
Crew: Joel, Vivien/Kavyasree, Juliette
About: Joel grew up sailing in Washington and retired after a 14 year career with Alcatel Lucent. Vivien still has her Wellness business. She learned to sail in S.F. bay on a windsurfer. Juliette, our cockatoo is the admiral or commonly referred to as "The Queen".
Extra: We have been planning this since 2002 and our time has finally come to go cruising.

Lady Ann

Who: Joel, Vivien/Kavyasree, Juliette
Port: San Rafael, California