I can write all about the beautiful passage we had between PV and Mazatlan but I think these pictures do more than words. The seas were very flat, they have been forecast to be 4 to 6 feet, winds on our nose, that was as predicted but best of all was the sunset. The island in the distance is Isla Isabella which is about the halfway point on the passage. Someday we will drop anchor and go ashore there but so far it hasn't happened.
It had been slightly overcast most of the day which provided us with this fabulous sunset. I was at the helm, Roger was down below taking a much needed nap before his night shift. I was hoping for a green flash but it did not happen on this night. We didn't see much in the way of sea life until late at night when Rog observed the water just teaming with bait fish. The full moon brought them to the surface. Two whales did make an appearance but the camera did not come out fast enough.
Does this picture explain why we make passages?
Pictures of the moon never show what we really see but I will put up a couple of pictures anyway. After all, in a 24 hour passage about half of that is done in darkness. We only saw two fishing boats on this entire passage and they were during my watch. Neither caused me to change course and both passed no closer than two miles so no need to get Roger up.
For passages we run our standard knot, depth and windpoint windspeed as well as the radar. At night we also turn on our cockpit Monitor that works as a repeater for our plotter and radar. This keeps us protected under the hard dodger regardless off weather conditions. You might wonder about the depth reading of 24 feet, it generally means something large is swimming along with us. Be still my heart.
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