11/28/14 – 11/30/14
200 Nm; 48 hours; 22 hours on motor
Much lighter wind on this leg. Heavy
fog on departure, clearing after a few hours. Spent first afternoon
motoring on autopilot and tuning the new rig. There was a little
stretching on the first leg and overall things were a little too
loose and the mainmast had some scoliosis. In retrospect, this is
exactly what was needed, it's now much quieter inside and fore-stay
sag back to normal. A few small tweaks like lashings on the jib
blocks instead of metal-on-metal connections, which are very annoying
down below when they load and unload. The sound is amplified below
decks.
Very light winds ranging from calm to
15 knots for a few hours around sunset. Motored 7 hours first night
and played the light air game with the spinnaker both days and into
the evening. With careful trimming, the Sailomat was able to keep us
at a reliable 2.5 to 3 knots in 5 knots of breeze on a reach. The key
is to increase the apparent wind when it lightens and turn down
towards the mark when it freshens. Simple stuff and a single
adjustment of the vane.
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| Spin Time |
Rounded Cabo Falso around first light
and it was blowing decently there as it always does. Probably 12
knots, despite prevailing conditions being closer to 5 knots.
Definitely could have sailed, but felt lazy and found an excuse in
the swarm of sportfishers emerging from Cabo San Lucas. I figured
trying to sail for a few hours through all the traffic just wasn't
worth it. Spent the time fishing and reading instead. No luck yet on
the trolling line. Bummer.
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| Required Land's End Picture |
Had some nighttime encounters with
small cruise ships on this leg. They're sort of hard to figure out as
the bright hotel-style lighting drowns out the running lights and
makes them look (to me at least) like a much smaller boat that's
close until you can bring them into focus with the binoculars.
We arrived at San Jose del Cabo at
1030 and the hurricane damage was immediately obvious.
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| Hotel El Ganzo, post Odile |
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| Puerto Los Cabos |
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