Greetings from Ensenada, Baja California Mexico

We left Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond CA Friday at approx. 11:30 am and headed out toward the Golden Gate. At 3:00 pm we were motoring under the gate and headed out to sea!!! Wow we were on our way.

Sea Venture turned out to be a fantastic ride as she handled the high winds (25-35 knot average) and moderate seas (3-6 ft with some periods of 8-10 ft). These conditions prevailed for the first 3 1/2 days of the trip while we were a little over 100 nm off the coast most of the first 2 days and then around 200 nm off the coast as we headed further south. When we started our turn east we were about 270nm from Ensenada.

Michael and Normandie had decided that instead of going all the way around Baja and then up into the Sea of Cortez to spend the summer, they would spend the summer in Ensenada. Now that we are here in Ensenada it appears that this will be an excellent place to spend the Mexican summer months. The marina, Baja Naval has turned out to be a real gem with free wifi and free telephone calls to the states!!!(not really sure how they are managing that)

So...I guess you are all wondering how we enjoyed the trip. I can tell you honestly that I really enjoyed the 4 � days we were traveling down more than 100 nm out to sea. Of course, I must also be honest and admit that there were some truly terrifying moments for me, when on the second night the winds were averaging 30-35 with wind gusts into the 40's. Wave heights that night were probably in the 8-10 ft range, but seemed like 20ft at times. Rick was pretty wonderful as he stood my night watches the second and third nights with me when the conditions were the roughest. Truth be told out of the four of us Rick had by far the most fun, ESPECIALLY during the roughest seas.

The Tuesday our last day at sea, gave us gentle winds and a gentle sea and we pulled into Ensenada at 5:00 pm. Rick and I are going to spend a little more time down here helping to get the boat cleaned up and lend a hand with a few boat projects before heading back home.

We didn't take pictures due to the conditions but I did take a small amount of video that we will try to get edited and up on the web site soon.

Well, gotta get some work done so will say so long for now.

Denise