Dear F&F, January 26 – February 6, 2009 A couple of months ago we had emailed Ixtapa Marina (just 6 miles from Zihuatenejo) requesting a slip reservation. The harbormaster told us they would not have room. Knowing that things can change, Scott decided to hail them while we were getting diesel at the Ixtapa fuel
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Dear F&F, February 6, 2009 All went very, very well with the return trip. The taxi driver came right on time. It was raining & still dark at 6:30 a.m. We talked story the whole way & the traffic was light. By the time we arrived at LAX I felt I had made a friend.
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Dear F&F, January 26, 2009 When my alarm went off at 1:55 a.m., I knew I must have slept pretty well because I was a little grouchy about having to get up. If I am not sleeping well, I am eager to get up & go on watch. I have 2 \”night shifts\” & Scott
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/26 21:47 LATITUDE: 17-40.06N LONGITUDE: 101-37.03W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: 231T CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012 AIR_TEMP: 32.2C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Marina Ixtapa, Zihuatenejo. Arrived 12 noon local time
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/26 00:43 LATITUDE: 17-43.93N LONGITUDE: 103-50.33W COURSE: 093T SPEED: 7.1 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: 216T WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: NNW SWELL_HT: 0.6M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1012.4 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Zihuatenejo 3/4ths the way…motoring..no wind
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/25 13:46 LATITUDE: 17-47.45N LONGITUDE: 105-07.44W COURSE: 092T SPEED: 5.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 124T WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: NNW SWELL_HT: 0.9M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1012.5 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C SEA_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Zihuatenejo 2/3rds way…WIND EAST/motoring
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/24 13:36 LATITUDE: 18-04.85N LONGITUDE: 108-14.13W COURSE: 098T SPEED: 8.9 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 20 WIND_DIR: 002T WAVE_HT: 1.2M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: NNW SWELL_HT: 1.8M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1015 AIR_TEMP: 25.6C SEA_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Zihuatenejo steering problems resolved?
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/22 19:45 LATITUDE: 18-42.67N LONGITUDE: 110-55.20W MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: NNE WAVE_HT: 0.3M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: N SWELL_HT: 1.2M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1017.6 AIR_TEMP: 23.3C SEA_TEMP: 25.6C COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Zihuatenejo from Isla Socorro
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2009/01/22 19:45 LATITUDE: 18-43.77N LONGITUDE: 110-57.46W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: NNE CLOUDS: 70% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1016.7 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Binners Cove, south west side of Isla Socorro
Dear F&F, January 21, 2009 The day was cloudy & the sea grey which does not inspire us to zoom out diving. We felt so ho-hum about it that we even considered moving on up to Cabo Henslow today. But we did not feel like we\’d really done the diving justice here, so got ourselves
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