Hello Hello!
We put up the sails early this am and were slow for a bit until we decided to take the coastal option, around noon, passing between San Martin Island and baja San Quintin, picked up 15 knots with 17 to 18 kts gusts and sailed at great speed under symetric spinaker...between 8 and 10.5 knots for 6 hours.
This evening, we put up the asymetical, hit gusts at 18 knts and had to take it it down fast ... safety first :-) .
We'll spend the night under full main and the self tacking jib, going about 7 kts 110' to the wind, good seas from behind . At this pace, we might be in Tortuga Bay before tomorrow night... FAST!
We saw about 10 whales, some as close as 200 yards... except for one last night that came up 50 feet from the boat in complete darkness and silence! Freak scare for a few seconds. Then she went... (well, we guess because she blew again just in the back of the boat and we were back to complete silence).
All is well , oh and by the way, we caught a mackerel, a very long and skinny one! enough for appetizer...
Now sailing under the milky way!
Hasta La Vista, until tomorrow,
Don, Fredo and Nico
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