We saw a couple of more Polynesia-bound boats come and go while we were in Frailes: Ladybug II from Vancouver Island and a singlehander from California on a Lapworth 36 called Clover. At the time, it felt right for us to keep puttering away on little projects and wait it out - probably a good choice as the boats that left that week had to put up with about four days of very calm conditions off the Baja: as Don put it on the nightly radio net, they just parked the boat and flopped around for a couple of days.
The 'puddle jump' radio net has been a great source of info and entertainment for us - boats that signed up for the Latitude 38-sponsored Pacific Puddle Jump got together Buena Vista did a great job of organizing an SSB nightly net where everyone who is at sea can check in and give their position and weather conditions. It's pretty cool to hear your friends hundreds of miles away! There is a different net controller every night who directs the traffic, so to speak, and Marni had done it three times now - a good way to get over radio shyness.