Sundance - SF to Cabo & La Paz
The seventeenth annual Baja HaHa race from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas and on to La Paz. Departing San Francisco 10/18/2010, returning 1/20/2011.
| Vessel Name: | Sundance |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Beneteau M38 |
| Hailing Port: | San Francisco |
| Crew: | Capts. Richard Donker and David Rempel |
06 January 2011 | San Jose del Cabo to San Diego
"The Bash"
The crew for the Sundance Baha Bash was David Rempel, Bob Woolf, Rich Seifert, Loree and Evan Koch. Left San Jose del Cabo December 31 at 5pm and arrived in San Diego 6 days later, Jan 6th at 5pm. Some bashfullness with 20-25 knt winds on the nose in first few days accompanied by seasickness, but overall, great weather. Ran out of fuel 3 knots from the entrance to Turtle Bay at 8pm, so tacked into the bay into a 1-3 knt headwind, arriving at 11pm and dropping anchor. New moon so stars were out in force. Jupiter and it's moons were visible at dusk to the west and Venus to the east in the morning. The last 2 days, the seas were flat with gentle rollers. We motored about 90% of the way. Visited by 2 schools of hundreds of dolphins who rode the bow wave. A grey or blue swam right under the boat then with us for a few seconds. Sailed toward whale tail sign for 5 minutes - tail sticking straight up and slapping on the water. When we got close, it dove. Loree and Evan swam after the boat with a tow. Great company and good food.
04 January 2011 | San Jose del Cabo to San Diego
Whale Tail
On the bash up we saw a tail sticking up out of the water
03 January 2011
Log2
Just pulling into Turtle Bay at midnight. Will anchor and fuel up in am. Saw a whale holding it's tail in the air for 10 minutes as we approached. Occasionally, whacking the tail on the water. Got a picture. Also sailed through a fleet of about 1000 dolphins, many of whom played on our bow wave. [...]
02 January 2011
log from Baja day 2.5
Day 2.5: The motor has been humming for all but 2 hours since we started. That is a good thing. The winds the last few days have been light and the sea generally flat. The forecast for the next 2 days is the same. So we are lucky, and hope that our luck lasts until this Thursday or Friday when we expect [...]
23 December 2010 | At anchor north of La Paz
San Jose del Cabo northbound
Thanks to advice from Alan and Kate and weather faxes we did an overnight sail Tuesday from San Jose del Cabo to the bay between Isla del Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida. We were trying to beat a nasty Northerner wind expected to arrive Thursday (today). On the way up we had no wind untl 4am (of course) [...]
26 November 2010 | Punta Evaristo
Thanksgiving 2
Still Thanksgiving, but several hours later. We had a 44NM run today with spinnakers ablaze until the 'Northerner' got to be too much to handle. We're now on the hook inside Punta Evaristo (24 54.818N 110 42.133W). Saw some great aerial displays from dolphins on the way down. Boat is going great; [...]
Second stop
