Dear F&F, February 12th Some of you have asked about the night watches. So far we are doing 4 hrs shifts. We haven\’t done more than 2 full days & 2 full nights at sea yet, so it isn\’t that tough. Actually, it\’s probably tougher to do short coastal passages versus long ocean passages as […]
Dear F&F, February 10th……continued After the dinghy ride around Punta de Mita it was warm enough that I decided to go swimming. There were about 10 boats anchoraged besides us. A few pangas zipping around & a couple of jet skis zooming about. Enough traffic that I did laps under the boat (for fear of
Dear F&F, February 10th Right now we are anchored at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. There are about 40-50 cruising boats are here. There is a brand new marina, but hardly any boats are inside at those new docks. Why pay when you can anchor for free? The docks are not attractive because you can\’t easily
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/10 19:32 LATITUDE: 20-41.43N LONGITUDE: 105-17.61W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 12 WIND_DIR: SW BARO: 1015.1 AIR_TEMP: 25.0C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED at Paradise Village Marina, Puerto Vallarta
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/10 00:24 LATITUDE: 20-44.69N LONGITUDE: 105-22.56W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: wsw BARO: 1012.9 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – La Cruz (PV). Nueva Vallarta tomorrow!
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/09 06:07 LATITUDE: 20-45.71N LONGITUDE: 105-31.18W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 5 WIND_DIR: NNE BARO: 1014.1 AIR_TEMP: 21.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED Punta de Mita, Banderas Bay…Puerto Vallarta
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/08 18:56 LATITUDE: 21-19.31N LONGITUDE: 106-35.97W COURSE: 120T SPEED: 7.0 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 6 WIND_DIR: NNE WAVE_HT: 1.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: NNE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 15% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C SEA_TEMP: 16.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE to PV, Motor sailing – Abeam Isla Maria Magdelena
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/08 08:27 LATITUDE: 21-58.34N LONGITUDE: 107-43.11W COURSE: 125T SPEED: 7.3 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: NNE WAVE_HT: 1.5M WAVE_PER: 8 SWELL_DIR: NNE SWELL_HT: 1.5M SWELL_PER: 8 CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C SEA_TEMP: 16.1C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE to PV, Full Main-Geneker – 1/2 way
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2008/02/07 21:47 LATITUDE: 22-38.99N LONGITUDE: 108-55.50W COURSE: 120T SPEED: 7.5 MARINE: YES WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: N CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 15 BARO: 1014.8 TREND: -2 AIR_TEMP: 18.9C COMMENT: Beach House – ENROUTE to Punta Mita, boisterous ride – 2 reefs/staysail