zeehag on the Move

[meyermm]

Originally Posted by SaltyMonkey

meyermm - could be Somali Pirates hiding behind the point - Punta Baja

damn...this is sad...no more watching zeezee...and boatykatt

Just think of the headline "Somali Pirates off Mexico boards sinking yacht and saves the crew"

[meburma]

That's horrible! ;-)

[Wannafish]

BoatyKatt stew? No!

[tartansail]

Spot is back on this AM. Looks like she remembered.

[meburma]

Hooray! She's still making good time!

[SaltyMonkey]

Should be a nice sail today

[meburma]

Juan must have convinced her to motor down. That's all I can figure.

[SaltyMonkey]

think they started out light winded...motored...then hit some nice wind...maybe at night...definately after punta baja...looks like they were sailin guud in the bay...perhaps lightening up during day....hitting lee of Cedros they may move back to motor...

if their speed is skiddish, they are most likely sailing.

whatever...she is havin guuud time!

[meburma]

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Thanks Saltymonkey!

[Capt Phil]

Always breezy above Cedros... Capt Phil

[SaltyMonkey]

Now I think she's having a lovely SAIL around Cedros, instead of that smelly motor. Lucky her! Check out her track!

Making good time. Must be all the clam stew she has aboard.

[SaltyMonkey]

OOps! She hit that lee shadow off the peak of the island...slowin' down now...classic track....she tryin to move off and find some windy leftovers. haha

May 8, 2011 5:02:06 PM PDT
Track from 28.15248, -115.10301

[Capt Phil]

Goin' inside will slow you down a touch but once she clears the abandoned settlement at the bottom end she will have a sleighride south or easy entrance into Bahia Tortuga if she wants to stop for a day or two. If she needs help there, have her PM me and I will give her the name of a contact there. Capt Phil

[Bash]

Originally Posted by meburma

Well we averaged 7.5 knots on light winds from SD to Ensenada on the Solitary Bird. She appears to be doing about that pace yes?

Reality time: it took you 16 hours to make good a distance of 65 nautical miles. You may have hit 7.5 surfing down a wave or two, but your average VMG was never pegged above 4 knots, despite running downwind with the current, if my math is correct.

[meburma]

Well when we turned in towards shore we motored and had no wind. At that point we were definitely only going about 3 the whole way into port. That really affected the time. But still, you're right we likely didn't average 7.5 the whole way down.