We have heard so much from other cruisers about summer in the sea, mostly from people who don’t usually stay. And the most common response we get is, “oh, you must have an air conditioner, then?” Well, no, we don’t. We think we can tolerate the heat, but we’re not so sure about the humidity. We will count on the water to cool us off and will just have to live with less productive days when the heat and humidity sap all of your ambition and all you want to do is lie around or float in the water. We also keep hearing about the Chubascos, which are weather phenomena caused by convection over land, that produce lightning, rain, and strong winds, that can drift out in the sea, usually at night. We know we will have to develop better habits with respect to tidying up the cockpit and securing everything down at night, but we’ve heard stories of Chubascos having up to 60 kt winds, and we have no idea if our efforts will be good enough for that or if we will learn some lessons the hard way. We will spend the summer up in Bahia de Los Angeles, and we also hear amazing stories of swimming with whale sharks and of some of the more remote anchorages up that way. Most cruisers here go home for the summer, so the ones that stay form an even tighter-knit community. It should be a lot of fun, and as usual, a new adventure.
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