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  Guaymas, Northern Mexico, Mexico
Friday, April 8, 2011

What a fantastic cruies up island from Escondido.3 days in a secluded bay. Miles of kayaking in the sea.Time for chilling out,reading,swimming,snorkelling and swinging in the hammock.The marine life never ceases to impress us and although we see whales and dolphins most days,it always feels like the first time. Awesome! We sailed up to San Juanico,where I walked along a lagoon trail and found 'obsidian', the natural volcanic glass. Aka, 'Apache tears' after the Apache that jumped to their deaths,the rock is said to represent their tears and those who find one will never cry again. However,I cried when I found one.We planned to stay a week ,but a strong wind forecast came in so after two days we headed across the sea. A crossing of 98nm, we started at 15.00 ,trying to make as much heading up the coast before we headed across on a reach.The sunset late ,as we'd only adjusted our clocks here this week.The moon came up and although it set about 22.00 ,it's crescent lit us up and made me feel safe in the dark.Then the stars sent their light into the bio-luminescence,for a brilliant night time spectactular show.Tony ,on his wathc saw dolphins light up when leaping and stream behind a dazzling glow. On my watch's I was mesmerised.Only one ship passed us and that was far in the distance.We rarely see other boats in this sea. As the sun came up the wind came back ,we switch off the engine and hoisted all our sail for the last 4 hours and at 6knots glided like a swan into the Guaymas bay.
Some people ask what we do every day. Well, think of what you do at home,add constant desert dust,engine maintenance,constant weather foecasting,oh,plus relaxing now and again. Charging batteries,for lighting,ther fridge,hot water,doing the washing (in a bucket at sea, and monitoring how much electricity and water your using  all the time.it's hard work,but the rewards are more than worjth it,it's not for everyone and lots of people give up and sell their boats after a couple of seasons.You need to be handy,have a lot of knowledge and be open to everything that happens.
Succcessful cruising depends a lot on your adaptability and resoucefulness , in my opinion. I've done this for years,in the Atlantic, Caribbean and here in the Sea of Cortez,so my experience is broad. We also  need to victual the boat and make lots of job lists, as shops are few and far between in the islands.Most importantly I need to like my own company and my captain's!
We're now at anchor,waiting to be hauled out next week. We love this city,as it's not a tourist town. A cruiseship  will be arriving for the first time,though we're not sure that's a good thing....

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