November 25-28, 2013
The last time we were here was in the spring and we were just venturing north into The Sea of Cortez and we were in the company of 4 other kid boats. This time we are “summer in the sea” veterans and we were all by ourselves.
Logbook – November 25, 2013 (Puerto Escondido to Isla San Francisco)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1501 Engines on
- 1545 Depart Puerto Escondido
- 1616 Engines Off Genoa only. No speedo.
- 2045 Power cycle nav (SOG said 2.0 kts, IPAD said 6.6 kts)
Logbook – November 26, 2013 (Puerto Escondido to Isla San Francisco)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0229 Watch change, double reef genoa
- 0413 Engines on
- 0443 Arrive Isla San Francisco
- 1106 Engines on to reanchor
- 1133 Reanchor complete
Daily Notes
- Arrived at dark – anchored away from other boats – rocky rolly
- T/Boys – spearfishing after school – parrot fish, pargo, langosta
- LC no show for Southbound net
- Taught the boys how to play craps before/after dinner
Email to family and friends dated November 26, 2013
Subject: Made it to Isla San Francisco
We left Puerto Escondido around 3:30pm yesterday and had a fast overnight sail to Isla San Francisco, arriving here before dawn, around 4am. Anchoring at night is not one of my favorite things, and the anchorage was crowded, which meant we had to pick a spot a little less protected than ideal. Tim and I both went to back to bed after anchoring, and woke up to a very rocky rolly Exodus. With daylight, we move into a little tighter formation with the other boats and we are now a little more comfortable.
We had some fun yesterday before Tim arrived back at Puerto Escondido yesterday. It was very windy (20+kts) and I was doing dishes and just happened to look up to see our dinghy floating away. I called to the boys and Brenden was all over it. Right away he stripped down to his underwear and asked, “mom, should I jump in?” I thought for about 1.5 seconds considering our options before giving him the green light to jump in and go get it. As he’s swimming out there I had visions of La Paz, and asked Alex where the dinghy key was. Luckily it was in the dinghy. Brenden started it up and got it back to Exodus and with laughter shared with us how his underwear came down when he jumped in so he had to stop swimming to pull them up.
It’s usually Alex’s role to be johnny on the spot to save the day, but yesterday Brenden stepped happily stepped into that role. It was fun to see.
We will stay here a couple of days before joining Lady Carolina in La Paz.
Love and miss you all,
At 11/26/2013 8:12 PM (utc) our position was 24°49.27’N 110°34.38’W
Logbook – November 27, 2013 (Isla San Francisco)
Daily Notes
- Agate hunting after school. Walked over to the NE anchorage – found the wind from the NE. Sounds and smells reminded me of the Pacific Ocean.
- Craps in the afternoon
Gresham Family Exodus 