Published 04/01/2025
Up at 3:30, underway by 4 am, we have 80ish miles to go at 6 or I 7 knots, the Mariana at Santa Rosalia is well lit at night, and the slips are wide. We are parked next to is a monohull sailboat, and there is a lot of room, I think we could both be catamarans and still fit here. In any case, I would rather maneuver out of this slip at night than anchor in the dark at Punta San Francisquito.
On our way, we had approximately 2 knots in the marina and as we went north, the wind speed went to 17 knots from the west, then back to 1 knot from the north (the direction we were going) and by 6:30 (2.5 hours) it was back to 2 knots from the south. Later in the morning it was up to about 12 knots, but when dropped back to 3 knots. Just not enough to sail with.
Our original plan included a stop at Punta Trionidad about 1/2 way to Punta San Francisquito, but that was just to avoid a long day. We thought about it and decided to just do 80 miles today When we anchor tonight, we will have just under 200 miles to go, and we plan to be in Puerto Peñasco on Friday 4/4. Today is the 2nd longest day of our journey this season so far.
We listened to the service from Savannah this morning, we heard almost all of the message, then apparently we got too far from land and lost our internet. We are about 12 miles off shore, and that is the limit with Starlink. we should be able to get it back a bit later today.
Starlink came back when we were about 12 miles off shore.
We got anchored and had dinner then we were on the phone with both of our mothers for a bit. Finally bed!!
