Victoria (formerly s/vMissTeak)

01 November 2020 | Closing in on DP
27 August 2020 | Catalina Island - Cherry Cove
02 August 2020 | Dodging kelp s/o Point Loma
01 August 2020 | Passing Isla San Martin
01 August 2020 | Cedros Island North ebd
28 July 2020 | Cedros Village
26 July 2020 | Along the Baja Outside
26 July 2020 | Along the Baja Outside
25 July 2020 | Along the Baja Outside
24 July 2020 | Along the Baja Outside
23 July 2020 | San Jose Channel
21 July 2020 | North of Cabo Falso
21 July 2020 | North of Cabo Falso
20 July 2020 | San Jose Channel
15 July 2020 | Anchored on Isla Carmen
15 July 2020 | On the hook
15 July 2020 | Connected to the bottom of the ocean near Loreto
15 July 2020 | Here and there
15 July 2020 | Near Puerto Escondido
15 July 2020 | Paradise

The fast passage that wasn't.....

13 July 2015 | Bahia Asuncion
Chip
Our straight through passage to Turtle Bay didn't happen! After Cabo Falso, we've gotten into a routine of "brisk" wind and sea conditions for most of the day. Around 1100 each day conditions soften and become very nice until 1500 when both wind and waves increase and stay robust throughout the night. When we departed Puerto Los Cabos the forecast was for delightful conditions to Turtle Bay - that didn't happen and, in fact, not long after our Cabo Falso adventure updated weather predictions became more like our actual conditions. As we began day 3 the forecast called for 26kt winds from Abreojos to points north. When the wind speed touched 30 and a couple of 10' rollers went under the keel we diverted to Bahia San Hipolito. We covered the 38 miles into this very peaceful anchorage in a little over 5 hours. This morning, after getting a weather update, we bounced up the coast 20 miles to Bahia Asuncion where it's very windy (23 in the anchorage) but there's no fetch (wave action). Here we launched the dinghy to visit the local Farmacias to search out some gotas para los ojos (eye drops) for our "not really a dog" Walter - sure enough, at our second stop we found the medication which was priced at 15% of the US cost (assuming it's really Prednisolona and not Zippo Lighter fluid, Walter it set for life with eye drops�....). On to Turtle Bay tomorrow in the very early AM where we'll likely be "holding" until Friday when the weather is predicted to be more favorable for us to get to Ensenada.
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Vessel Name: m/v Victoria (formerly s/v MissTeak)
Vessel Make/Model: Mikelson 50 (originally Morgan 45)
Hailing Port: Dana Point, CA USA
Crew: Chip and Katie Prather
About: wine and beer "enthusiast..."
Extra:
Not sure what's ahead for us. After 41 years of owning sailboats and sailing MissTeak on 3 extended trips into Mexico, we sold her and have purchased a powerboat. We're planning to spend the next several months learning the boat, building inventory and getting used to the roar of twin 450hp [...]
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