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

oh those pesky Coromuel winds.....

15 June 2015 | Isla San Francisco
Chip
It appears that Hurricane Carlos will not have much, if any, impact on us and may spin itself out shortly. Whatever the case, we are close enough to get into La Paz if necessary. Our night in Evaristo was somewhat exciting with the dreaded Coromuel winds coming to town. These WSW winds blow hard (gust to 30 in our case) through the night and usually shutdown during the day. There were 4 boats including us in the anchorage at Evaristo. Around mid-night, with the rigging singing from the gusting wind and the boat whipping from side to side, the Admiral wakes me to say that the Catamaran anchored in front of us seems closer. Figuring this to be a case of Chicken Little, I rollover for a few minutes before getting up to take a look. Well the Catamaran isn't closer - it's gone! I look around the anchorage and soon spot this 50' or so boat dragging anchor and slowing heading out to sea toward an island 7 miles away with its crew fast asleep. No telling just how close it had passed by us but it had to be close! Our efforts to hail them on the radio are unsuccessful (I suspect, like us, they tired of hearing the little Mexican girl screaming all night into daddy's VHF radio and either shut it off or turned down the volume). Luckily the cats anchor snagged something about ¼ mile out of the bay and they stayed there for the night. The shocked look on the crews face in the morning when they came topsides to find they'd moved a good distance was priceless. Anyhow, our next night in Isla San Francisco the Coromuels blew again and, with my tail between my legs, I took more seriously the Admirals' words of concern although I did mention to her that this is a very common problem with Catamaran (she isn't buying it�....)!
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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..."
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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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