Rover

Whales, Flying fish, dolphins, fresh tuna

10 November 2019 | 12 miles offshore of Bahia San Pablo
Colleen
Two overnights and most of a day brought us into Bahia Tortuga on
Saturday afternoon, about 8 hours after the Baja Ha Ha fleet had
left.Eric and Colleen had a brief swim off the boat and pseudo showers
for all.

The seas for the several days were relatively mild.We do double watch at
night in 3 hour increments, and single 4-hour watch during day with a
helper.Works well.We got the sails up for about 9 hours the first day
and about 4 or 5 hours the second day.Delightful.Ginger, the wind vane,
is working well.On our day heading into Bahia Tortuga, Linda caught a 6
lb tuna off the back of the boat!She had to reel it in by herself as
Eric was up forward bringing in the whisker pole.We had delicious tuna
steaks on the grill last night.As we entered the Bay, we were greeted by
a large pod of dolphins playing in the boat wake.And we saw several
flying fish!

As we left the Bay this morning we had two whales surface within about
50 feet on starboard side and dove under the boat.And then another pod
of dolphins jumping and playing around the boat.Pretty magical.

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Vessel Name: Rover
Vessel Make/Model: Valiant 42
Hailing Port: Seattle. WA
Crew: Eric and Linda
About:
We're making a big change to a cruising lifestyle. Eric retired in 2012 after 32 years in R&D (mostly) at HP. Previous passions included flying and bicycling. Linda will retire in 2013 from Oregon State University. She's been active in Zonta, was a Scoutmaster, and is a champion baker. [...]
Extra: Linda was barrel master and Eric participated in the Jackson Street Vintners; a group of friends that made wine from 2000 to 2013
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