2008 – 2009 Mazatlan – Revilligegedos Islands – Central Mexico – Central America – Costa Rica to Galapagos Islands Blog

Isla Socorro – Days 5 & 6…..

Dear F&F, January 18-19, 2009 Last night after an off & on rainy day, the wind piped up. Always seems to happen at night. My Captain goes on high alert when we are anchored & the wind gauge shows steady over 15-20 & gusts 25-30 knots. We really feel the effect of the elements especially …

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Isla Socorro – Day 4…..

Dear F&F, January 17, 2009 Today\’s diving was not so much about what we saw as what we HEARD. On yesterday\’s dive, twice we heard a whap whap whap noise. Like someone was pounding against something hard on the ocean floor. That was new. Scott emailed Terry & the whale researcher that Terry had put …

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Isla Socorro – Day 3…..

Dear F&F, January 16, 2009 This is our 30th day in the Archipelago Islas Revillagigedo (Karen, you are adorable! No this is not an expression, but the name of the island group.) We are only visiting 2 of the 4. It was nice to wake up in this very sweet anchorage. Great to see green …

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Isla Socorro, Day 2…..

Dear F&F, January 15, 2009 When he dove to inspect the propellers this morning, Scott was happily surprised to find that the pitch had indeed changed on the starboard engine. He was shocked that something like a line or fishing net could do that. We never saw evidence of, but definitely snagged or hit something …

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Farewell Isla San Benedicto, Hello Isla Socorro…..

Dear F&F, January 14, 2009 Chuck & Linda got a head start at 7:30 am since they are a shorter & slower boat. We stowed the dive gear & up anchored at 9:00 am. There were mantas feeding in the anchorage & a couple of dolphins that cruised by. It was a sad farewell to …

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Isla San Benedicto – Day 28, final dives here…..

Dear F&F, January 13, 2009 I had one of my best night\’s sleep in a long long time. I guess the excitement & exercise of the day wore me out enough to shut my brain off. Very nice. We were awake by 6 am, but it\’s pretty dark still at that hour so we lingered …

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Isla San Benedicto – Day 27

Dear F&F, January 12, 2009 We awoke to the sound of Jeronimo\’s panga zooming past our cabin window at 6:45 am. We quickly threw on clothes & scrambled topside to say hi. \”Solmar V\”, the commercial dive boat had pulled in after we went to bed last night & they were already getting ready for …

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Isla San Benedicto – Day 26…..

Dear F&F, January 11, 2009 As I am writing, the full moon is rising, absolutely beautiful. This morning there are no commercial boats, just us 2 sailboats, the generator started right up, purred like a kitten & mantas were visible near our boats & off Turtle Point – already it was a good day! Scott …

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Isla San Benedicto – Day 25…..

Dear F&F, January 10, 2009 After tea & oatmeal we got back to the generator job by 8 am. I was the tool fetcher & moral support as usual. It turned out that we needed to replace the coolant temperature sensor. It is a small locker where the generator is installed (3 feet wide x …

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Isla San Benedicto – Day 24…..

Dear F&F, January 9, 2009 We were up early in hopes of heading to The Boiler dive site. But we saw Nautilus Explorer leaving the anchorage & when Scott radioed them they were heading there with their 22 divers. No fun for us to be in a crowd if we have a choice. Plus the …

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