February 17, 2011
What can I say about today? Perfect or a reasonable facsimile.
Yesterday morning we left Santiago Bay at 9 am, without a problem. Although the winds were not great, they were acceptable. Usually we average 5 knots/hr but today we averaged 6. At times we hit over 7 knots...for us that is very good. Since we began our sailing in January we have had few favourable winds. When we do get wind it usually hits us on the nose.
For our sail/motor here we all sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the smooth sailing. Tenacatita Bay had fewer boats than when we were here before. Now we know that we can anchor near shore so we chose near the dog beach. This little beach is where people take their dogs. It is easy to land there as the surf is minute.
The moonrise was melodramatic in its beauty. While the moon was rising, the dolphins put on a show amongst the boats. The tranquility of the evening was marred only by Patches barking at the dolphins. He does not like dolphins anymore than the devil dinghy.
If all our sails were like today I guess it would be boring??
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