Mexico

Don't have too  much time, but I love what you did with the blog during my sail.
I am not sure there is anything to add :)
I know for sure I can travel the entire world, my blog will be well maintained !

In short, all is well, the boat behaved very well during all the trip, and I learned a lot in those 4 days
solo at sea.
Lots to reflect on too.

But now, I am enjoying few days in Mexico.
And prepping the boat for winter as well.

Waking up,
it smells like fish...

Small Touristic town

Mexico is always colorful

Wandering around

Big heads from the revolution

It happens that Monday is a holiday in Mexico. But I should be able to make it back by the middle of the weel, if the paperwork goes well.
I will need as Tourist Visa, Immigration, sign-in for the boat, ... Without speaking any Spanish, it might be tricky.

I promised I ll do a couple of posts on the "passage". I do have few pictures as well.
Lots of water.
Tons of water.

Well, offshore at sea, there ain't much except water.
Lots of it.

Day4- Land!

He made it!

Olivier brought the boat last night to the marina of Ensenada, Mexico where she will stay until spring before the passage.

He did this trip solo and I am so proud of him! 

Day3- Log

All is well, getting closer to the coast of Mexico.

Here are the logs from Yesterday and this morning:

11/14 12:43pm Sun, wind and big surf on weather channel this afternoon. Cannot ask for much more. Starting to get used to live attached to the boat. Like a life line. Sign?

11/15 6:33am Last night at sea. This one was quite a stress but eventually slept few hours here and there. Now wind and waves are down, and I am heading for Ensenada.

11/15 8:35am Actually I won't be able to make it before sunset even motoring. Then I am gonna take my time and aim for tomorrow morning. Few wind, waves and lot of rocking.

Track map

Wind map

Day2- Log

Olivier is doing well. He called me on satellite phone last night. Everything was going as good as it can be in the Pacific with good swell and wind:)
Here are the logs from yesterday and last night:

11/13 5:37pm To beat the weather is really exhausting. Specially when it is cold, wet and grey. Decided to go easier for the night, a beam to the south. Not too tired, managed to grab a nap inside this afternoon. Decided to reach 32 lat and aim East Mexico. That should total 4 days offshore solo. Now I miss Maui's sun.

11/14 6:43am Heading to the cost since 4am. Hard to hold East because of sizable swell. But surfing is fun. Good night of sleep, changed strategy. Now sleep all night by sliced of 50 min with watch peaks in between. Wind strong now and clear sky. Hopefully plenty of sun later on to warm me up and charge the batteries. Moral up.

Track map at 11:00am

Wind Map.

Day1- Log

Olivier left around 2pm PST. The condition were great with a light wind. Here is his log:

 11/12 6:08pm Wind died at 1800 as expected. I am motorsailing without autopilot but the boat is so well balanced I barely touch the wheel every now and then.

11/12 6:14pm  Swell is picking up. I hope to catch wind past the islands during the night. Watch strategy is to not sleep tonight but at sunrise when i can be seen better.

11/12 7:44pm Wind is back with a vengeance. Reefed #1. Still reaching pretty hard. No moon, plenty of stars. All dark but beautiful. Still impressive , sailing blind.

11/13 7:14am First night at sea as solo.There were wind and waves, some action. Mostly reefed all night. Managed to sleep 2 or 3 hours which is surprising good.
Feeling some dizziness but no sea sickness so far. Stayed mostly in the cockpit, it was wet and cold night. Not ready for the cabin just yet.

11/13 9:19am No wind, drizzling, Steaming full west. In full weather gear.

Here is the track map at 12:00pm

And the wind map at that time: