Monday afternoon my friend Robert and I took the Marina Coral shuttle back to the Coral. Monday night we went out on the town and had a blast. Ensenada is a really cool and fun town and very easy to get to from SoCal.
Tuesday morning we woke up and made our way to the Capitan De Puerto, and after cruising Mexico for just over 2 years, I cleared out. Next I serviced the massive 42 horsepower Westerbek diesel, then a quick trip to Soriana for a few provisions and at just before 1800 we left Ensenada.
When originally planning our return we had a decent sized weather window. As we got closer to departure the window had gotten quite a bit smaller....and had also somewhat deteriorated. Even worse was that there were now predicted to be 8-12 foot swells....on the nose of course. We had people pull in next to us who had just come up Baja, they told us it was horrible and if we left we would be back within 4 hours. Robert and I (and Katrina) all keep a VERY close eye on the weather, and while we felt that it wasn't going to be great, we did have a 14-16 hour sorta window before it completely slammed shut, that gave us just enough time for the 65-70 leg. So off we went into the treacherous seas. There were some pretty good sized swells, but i don't think we saw anything close to 12 feet. The wind was for the most part calm and so was the sea state. All in all it was a good trip and we pulled into the Customs dock on Shelter Island at around 0630 and were cleared into the USA by 0830.
After being away for so long it felt pretty cool to see Point Loma appear in the dark (pic), and it feels really good to be back.
Thanks to everyone for your thoughts/prayers/support over the past 2 years. God bless!