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Isla Partida (North)

August 4-7, 2013

In Mexico, there are usually several places with the same name. We had already visited an Isla Partida down near La Paz, and here we are at another Isla Partida between Santa Rosalia and BLA. So, I will call this one Isla Partida (North).  Immediately fter Alex’s birthday celebration at Isla Salsipuedes we raised anchor just in advance of the wind shift in order to make it to Isla Partida before dark.

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Isla Salisipuedes to Isla Partida (North).  It was about a 2-hour spinnaker run.

Logbook – August 4, 2013 (Isla Salsipuedes to Isla Partida)

Passage Log Highlights

    • 1617 Depart Isla Salsipuedes
    • 1700 Spinnaker run
    • 1926 Arrive Isla Partida

Daily Notes

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Boys playing chess on passage
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The geography of Isla Partida (North).  We were tucked in at the southern end of the bay.
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Sunset after our arrival at Isla Partida (North)

Logbook – August 5, 2013 (Isla Partida)

Daily Notes

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During a bit of a storm this bird ended up on our boat and Brenden really took to it and wanted to take care of it. This was so tragic… it tried to fly and fell into the water and a seagull flew over and snatched it into its jaws. Brenden was absolutely devastated! Actually, Alex and I were pretty shocked too, but Brenden really took it hard. It was very sad.
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Brenden shows off a catch
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Yummy yellowtail sushi

Logbook – August 6, 2013 (Isla Partida)

Daily Notes

    • D – paddleboard – so many jellies in the water, including chains of babies
    • T/Steve – Dinghy fishing – HUGE Dorado – Assembly of fish
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Tim and Steve landed this fish in the Dinghy. It’s quite a story.
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Quite a fish to catch dinghy fishing
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A little large for the fish cleaning table
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A little large for the fish cleaning table
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The birds congregate behind the boat when the fish are getting filleted 
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Jellies in the water
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Alex is trying to catch a jelly on a spoon
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Caught one.  Jellies look quite different on a spoon than they do in the water.  (He put it back… no jellies were harmed.)

Logbook – August 7, 2013 (Isla Partida to Animas Slot)

Daily Notes

    • Family snorkel around the north point.  TONS of little jellies.  😦
    • Mom threw a temper tantrum over the veggies getting tossed overboard

Email to family and friends dated Augst 7, 2017

Subject: HUGE Dorado

Hi Everyone,
We are currently up at Isla Partida and the anchorage would be absolutely perfect except for the jellyfish and the complete lack of a sand beach to run on. Although, the stand-up paddleboard is feeding at least part of my need to run. The nice thing about this bay is the protection. We actually had a mini Chubasco the other night with wind gusts up to 30 kt and lightning all around. We were up at 2am securing this and tying down that preparing for the winds to pick up even more. We’ve had 2 very calm nights since them, and Tim and Steve (Lady Carolina) caught a 34 lb Dorado (Mahi Mahi) yesterday so we enjoyed fish 2 ways last night (chowder & sashimi) for 8 people and barely made a dent in the supply.  The day before they caught a smallish yellowtail so we also enjoyed sashimi that night. Everyone is entertained by how Brenden will just mow down a plate of raw fish. We all liked the yellowtail more than the dorado as sashimi, but the dorado is excellent for grilling and for fish tacos. Today there will be no fishing since neither of us can really fit anymore in the fridge so we are going to have an easy school day and go for a family snorkel instead. Although the water isn’t that cold, we will all be wearing our full wetsuits because of the jellies!
Happy Birthday to my baby sister Danna!
Love and miss you all!
-D.

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