The Sail up from Isla Isabel took about thirty hours. I left in the morning around 8:30 motored until about noon when the wind came up enough to sail. I found myself close-hauled for the first time on the trip. At least I was on course which meant that I didn't have to tack back and forth to get up wind. I sailed until about midnight when the wind died off and motored until the sun came up. The wind returned with the sun but this time it was right on the bow. I tacked the last two hours or so into the harbor with the wind building to 25 knots before I reached the protection of the breakwater. It was a another good leg. I saw a number of sea turtles, one whale, a pod of porpoise and , beleive it or not, a hummingbird about 20 miles off the coast. I also had an Arctic Turn come for a visit, landing on the barbecue and staying for about a half an hour.

Mazatlan is a very interesting city. It is home to over a million people and I think I saw most of them in my travels around town. The streets are packed with people walking and cars driving. The anchorage I'm in is souteast of the "Old town" area. Everything one needs is a busride away. There is nothing near the anchorage. The old town area is quite interesting with buildings dating back 150 years, the Central Plaza, the Cathedral and the Mercado Central. I spent a whole day just walking the area. I probably covered 10 miles before I made it back to the boat.

The next day I took the bus across town to the modern area. It looks alot like the areas surrounding downtown San Jose. Lots of modern looking stores offering just about everything one could need. No striop malls but there is one mega mall. This day was a shopping day at Home Depot and Soriana (Mexico's Wall Mart).

The weather was could here with fog in the morning and 60's when the wind blows. I spent my last day with boat projects getting ready for the 200 mile southern crossing of the Sea of Cortez. Next Stop La Paz.