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Isla Coronados – Again

May 31 – June 3, 2013

At Isla Coronados we caught back up with Sweet Dreams and Fluenta, but it was bittersweet because we also said good-bye to them for the summer. But on the bright side, we also made some new friends on SV Resilience.

Logbook – May 31, 2013 (Honeymoon Cove to Loreto to Isla Coronados)

Passage Log Highlights

    • 1627 Depart Loreto
    • 1748 Arrive Isla Coronados.  82 ft chain in 22 ft

Daily Notes

    • Back to Isla Coronados (& the other kid boats)
    • Boys – Risk & movie on Sweet Dreams
    • D/T – Drinks on Fluenta

Edit: About this time I started recording anchor chain we let out along with the depth.  We tried to shoot for at least 5 to 1 scope most of the time.  We hadn’t dragged since getting the new anchor, but we were a lot more mindful about it.

Loreto to Isla Coronados
Back to Isla Coronados

Logbook – June 1, 2013 (Isla Coronados)

Daily Notes

    • Algae bloom – pea-green water @ Isla Coronados
    • Science school on the beach with Jim & Beth (Marine Biologists sv Resilience)
    • Boys skurfing & swimming on Exodus
    • Fluenta kids here for movies, no-bake cookies, & minecraft
    • D – Kayak to west beach – nice for running.  Met Lisa (sv Gypsy) & her dog
    • T – fixed macerator, mounted wifi antenna
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My favorite beach at Isla Coronados is at the SW end where the island makes a kind of hook and looks back at itself. This is the view from that beach looking at the anchorage and the volcano.
Southern beach
The beach at the SW tip of the island
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Looking south across the island
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Another look back at the anchorage
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Nice running beach, except for the aggressive sea gull who would dive bomb me everytime I was at the East end of the beach. Too near the rookery, I guess.
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There was a seagull rookery along this shore

Email to family and friends dated June 1, 2013

Subject: Hi

We sadly said goodbye to Gary and Marsha yesterday but fortunately we caught up with 3 other kid boats up at Isla Coronados so that eased the boys’ melancholy moods. The parents on one of the boats that we hadn’t seen since La Paz are both Marine Biologists and this morning they are conducting “school” for all the kids exploring and discussing the diversity of life in the water here. Brenden was super excited. We also met a new kid boat down in Agua Verde with 2 boys aboard 8 and 12 yrs old and they will also be staying in the sea this summer so we won’t be the only kid boat! (Most people don’t stay here during the summer, they leave their boat somewhere and go home and then come back in the fall. That’s what most of the kid boats are doing.)
Love and miss you all.
-D.

Logbook – June 2, 2013 (Isla Coronados)

Daily Notes

    • Said goodbye to Sweet Dreams
    • Beach excursion to SW beach w/ Fluenta kids.  D- run
    • Dinner on Exodus w/ Resilience & Fluenta
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Saying good-bye to the Sweet Dreams Crew: Jim, Niki, Colton, Gina, and Missy
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Playing with Fluenta
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Playing with Fluenta
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Brenden and Jonathon, facing off
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There’s actually a hike up to the top of the dormant volcano, but it was way too hot to try it
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Playing with Fluenta
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Tim Checking out the seagull rookery
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The kids built a hot tub
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The kids built a hot tub
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Another look south across the tip of the island
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With the Fluenta Kids, Victoria and Jonathon
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With the Fluenta Kids, Victoria and Jonathon
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Wrestling with Alex
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There’s a stack of plates on the counter, so it looks like we’ve had another potluck on Exodus. With Glen (Resilience) and Victoria (Fluenta).
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More silliness

Logbook – June 3, 2013 (Isla Coronados to Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

    • Said goodbye to Fluenta for the summer

Email to family and friends dated June 3, 2013

Subject: Headed to PE

We are heading into Puerto Escondido for a couple days for laundry and wifi. Should be new photos going up on Facebook today or tomorrow. Our kid boat gang has totally disbanded since they are all leaving their boats and going home for the summer. We said good-bye to the last one this morning. But we have recently met 2 other kid boats… one is staying until the end of June and the other is staying for the summer like us, so we won’t be the only kid boat in the sea this summer.

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