No Bad Days - Kyle

Browsing Archive: February, 2011

Completed the crossing from baha to the mainland

Posted by kyle williams on Sunday, February 20, 2011,

 

We have completed the crossing from Santa Rosalia on Baja back over to San Carlos /Guymas on the mainland, 85 miles. We were watching for a good safe weather window and it was an easy crossing with no problems or drama. We started out at 3 PM in calm no wind conditions and motored at 4 knots for 10 hours. We (Diny came back to join us for the crossing so it the 3 of us.) each took 2 hour watches, but conditions were so easy and the full moon night was so beautiful that we all frequently sa...


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North to Santa Rosalia.

Posted by kyle williams on Monday, February 14, 2011,

 

On Monday the 11th there was a break in the weather so we made a run up the coast towards our next major destination ,Santa Rosalia, about 90 miles away to the north, (Santa Rosalia is north of Santispac where I first connected with Steve and Diny a month ago, and will be our jumping off point for the 80 mile crossing back over to San Carlos where the boat will be pulled out and stored for the year. Diny had so much fun the first time that she is planning to come back down, meet us in Sant...


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baja 2-5-11 Escondido area still

Posted by kyle williams on Saturday, February 5, 2011,

 

Hello, we are back in Escondido after weathering a bit of a day 5blow over on a nearby island, Danzante. It was forecasted to be pretty windy and the little bay over there (2 miles away) was more snug and protected than the main harbor here. . We put out 2 anchors and 2 lines to the shore and handled it just fine. Gusts were reported to 54 knots. it was cold so we kept hunkered in the cabin most of the time and i finally finisheded reading War and Peace!  we did go to shore a few times for...


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