Today
was a perfect example of why it's never a good idea to leave on a "time
table"…There was no wind, but since it was the designated starting date
for the 18th "Baja Ha Ha", we sucked it up and departed under
drizzle, overcast skies and NO WIND…Yuk!
With
a true wind of about two knots, the Grand Poobah elected a rolling (motor
sailing) start at 1100…that was seven
hours ago and the true wind is still less than seven knots…straight down the
rhumbline to Turtle Bay…and we're still motoring! Of the 172 who signed up, I think only about
140 or so made it to the starting line, but it was still a sight to
behold…everyone was in the aloha spirit…very cool.
We're
currently motor sailing about 30 degrees above the rhumbline in order to keep
some breeze in the main and hoping that the wind builds (in any direction)
during the night…the grib files downloaded last night suggest that's not going
to happen, but we've got our fingers crossed…even if nothing changes, our
objective is to be far enough offshore to jibe over to port jibe tomorrow
morning and be able to lay the west side of Cedros Island…time will tell!
Tonight
was Mexican hotdogs for dinner…yum yum…sounds gross but tastes great!
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