Some More Details...

Well right now I have more time to gt some stuff written up. It´s hard here in La Paz sitting here in 70ish weather drinking beers. Got to stay hydrated right?

Got to say a good trip is when you can´t remember what the date is or what day of the week it is.

We started out in Quaymas and spend a busy couple of days getting Tashee provisioned and things ready to go. We wanted to get out of town around noon but that ended up being about 3:30. Once under way we motored out of Guaymas and got some wind. We were on about a 24 hour sail. There were some rolling seas once we got started with the wind on our beam (side). taking 3 hour watches we got closer to the inside of the Baja peninsila and the winds became more favorable. As Kevin said we had a sleigh ride into Escondido. This is a smaller bay with some protection from the weather. We caught up with the boats that Kevin wanted to buddy boat with there. Vivid a 40' sail boat with Kak as captain and John as crew. Also Hotspot which is a decent sized trimarane with Ron as captain and Z as crew. Kak just got Vivid and this is her first sail with Vivid. She has crewed on a number of boats before but this is here first. We heald over in Escondido to let the winds settle down. Vivid was at the dock when we got there and had to be pulled off the dock with a motor boat to get out to anchor. We were having 25-30 knot winds at anchor with gusts up to 40. Not a good time to sail. We got a number of things done for both Tashee and Vivid while there. Also got some hiking and pictures in for me. After the winds settled down we made our way to Aqua Verda a nice little bay where we got even more work done. Kak was able to meet up with some Sherry and Ken who are taking a road trip with their tent camper and towing a small catamaran. While there we had a couple of nights on the beach with a pot luck and munchies. It was hard sitting around the fire watching shooting stars and enjoying the company. Kak got a new sail installed on Vivid while we were there and Kevin tried to get a new main installed. Unfortunately the new main for Tashee wasn´t cut right and doesn't work. Next on the list was an island called San Fransisco. We sailed most of the way there and Vivid with her new sail beat us there (damn you Kak). Spent the night at San Fransisco and had a movie night watching Dr Strangelove on the computer (Peter Sellers rocks here). Did some hiking in the morning and then took off for La Paz. We had good winds starting out going towards La Paz and then they picked up the closer we got. We had to reef in the sails (less sail area) because the winds were getting up past 25 knots sometimes. With Kevin at the helm we were able to get 6-7 knots out of Tashee. That's about as fast as she can go. We made it into La Paz and got anchored just before sunset. La Paz has stong currents and winds in the harbor. Dingying in and out can be a pretty wet exprience, so it goes. We took a long road trip to see some friends of Kevin that have a seasonal residence a long ways outside of San Jose/Cabo. It was a pretty long and rought road trip to Ray's place. He wasn´t but his daughters Mel and Tanna were great hosts and we had a wonderful night. Back on the road again the next day we ended up in La Paz. Today we got the boats mostly provisioned and read for the next leg. The winds are commoning down and tomorrow we leave for either Mazalana or futher south depending on the winds. This will be about a 2-3 day sail, maybe the longest of the trip.

It's been a great trip so far with great people. Sometime in the future there will be more pics. Everyone be well and take care with the weather the way it is.