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Picture from Nov 18-30

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Pictures from 11/18-20/2015

 

left: the crazy canadians (pete and andrew) right: Casey on Chae Mi

 
  
 

Pete and Casey

 
   

Casey on Chae Mi

 
   
Emma kayaking a mile back to retrieve her plug that the lobster trap tried to take. 

 

Pictures from 11/20 (ish) in  Asuncion    

   
   
  
  

tres amigos (Andrew, Casey, and Pete)

 
     
 
 

street fair for Mex Indep day

 
   

Pictures from 11/22-24 in Hipólito

 
      
   
 

 

   

  

 

Pictures from Abreojos

 The “Slime” rep , Joe, teaching local kids to slime their bikes.
  

  

   

 Magdalena Bay

   
 

   


  
  
 
  
 

#’s (3 month running tally summary)

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Just a quick post of a running tally we have on days anchored, days moored, days docked, and how much we’ve spent on each of those.

Anchored: 69 days

Moored: 4 days

Docked: 17 days 
$ spent on anchoring: $159 (Morro Bay)

$ spent on mooring: $40 (Morro Bay)

$ spent on docking: $105 (Ensenada’s Baja Naval Marina)

28 gal diesel consumed 

Mexico check in expenses in Ensenada: $105 for passport/tourists cards, $256 for Port Captain fees, $60 for TIP card, and $45 for fishing license.

Santa Cruz Island and Santa Catalina Island

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Sunday, October 11, we sailed out to Pelican Bay on Santa Cruz Island. Along the sail we spotted a Mola Mola leaping out of the water. It was amazing! When we first arrived at Pelican, there were 7 other boats.  A little crowded, but manageable with bow and stern anchor. It was Colombus Day on Monday, so everyone left by the next afternoon.  In the mean time, we boatschooled, snorkeled, boatschooled, and norkeled more. We were on Island time now!

Much to our surprise our new sailing family friends, SV Agamére, on our big sister boat (Stevens 47), arrived that Monday afternoon. The kids were so excited to be reunited with their buddies that they had met in Morro Bay.  We were also excited to have other adults to converse with. 

     
   
We basically just boatschooled, snorkeled and practiced our free diving. The water temp was near 70-72 while we were there. A perfect environment for the kids to get comfortable in the water again.  Nina’s PR last year was 23 feet, she set a new PR of 32 feet! Ellamae is now diving down around 10 feet as well. Taj hasn’t braved the water yet, but he loves paddling around in his kayak. We anchor the kayak near were we snorkel, giving him a little freedom to paddle around. 

From Pelican, we buddy boated with Agamére over to Little Scorpion Anchorage, where we ended up having a potluck together, cooking five fish that we collectively caught that day for fish tacos. It was a fish medley; 1 Kelp Bass, 1 Black Rock Cod, 2 Tree Fish Cod, and 1 Sierra. Christian caught the Bass and one Tree Fish with his spear gun. I caught one tree fish and the Black Rock Cod with a pole spear. The Sierra was caught by SV Agamére. Needless to say, dinner was amazing and we managed to fit all 10 of us comfortably on their boat. 

The next day after snorkeling with seals and many other fish in Scorpion Bay, we sailed over to Smugglers Cove for even more snorkeling in 40+ visability!

On Thursday we sailed to Lovers Cove on Catalina, also know as Isthmus or Two Harbors.  We anchored in 60 feet of water and again the visability was about 40 feet and water temp about 73F . The Marine Science Center on the Island reported temps getting up to 80F!  

Friday’s field trip for boatshooling included a hike to USC’s Wrigly Marine Science Center for a tour of the fish tanks and detailed talk on all the sea creatures of Catalina.