Day 2 of our adventure

We left San Diego at 6:35 today 10/31/19, and experience some significant wind (high 30’s) we are still working on getting the sails straightened out. The Jib Sheet is just a little short, this means that it has to have almost no extra in the cockpit when the Jib is furled. Otherwise when we furl the sail we run out of furling before the sail is completely furled. We adjusted it yesterday, and it is closer, but still not quite right. This happened because we replaced the stranding rigging, and took the Jib and the Staysail in to double check the stitching. We had a bunch of work done on the running rigging as well. So, some of the running rigging is not put away like it really needs to be, for example, we have a spare main halyard/topping lift this line comes down from the top of the mast behind the spreaders and is tied off on the pulpit around the mast on the port side. Well this line is a bit loose, and it winds up laying on the mainsail such that when you furl the mainsail it gets tucked in with the sail as it is furled into the mast. This causes problems. So, I need to adjust where it “lives”.

Currently we are off of Tijuana in Mexico, with the Main sail reefed to about 50%, the jib furled and the staysail out. The engine is running and we are doing about 9 knots through the water and about 6 knots speed over ground. We have about 20 knots of wind, and Renee’ is taking a nap. We are about 40 miles from Marina Coral in Ensenada, our planned destination for today. We should get there by 7 pm tonight. Coronado Islands

Sun over Tijuana with a fire to the east.

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