San Diego to Cabo San Lucas

We had the delight of sharing the trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas with Allyson and Steve Mantey.  Allyson and Steve fit right in as part of the crew and helped out significantly.   Our shifts on watch were cut in half from two 6 hr shifts to two 3 hr shifts per day.  Allyson is also quite the  cook and spoiled us with delicious meals throughout the trip.

The crew for the leg from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas enjoying one of the many great sunsets

One of the beautiful sunsets

Vada in her favourite spot

Thanks to Allyson for this photo.  We don't get many pictures together on the boat.

Steve and Allyson have their own sailing boat and we're keen to learn as they plan on making a similar voyage.

In less than a day after leaving San Diego,  we stopped in Ensenada to do customs.  Customs took most of the day.  However,  we did manage to run a few errands (beer run), grab some tacos, and run into some fellow sailors from the Vancouver area.

Leaving our mark in Ensenada

Beers, after hours of getting through custums

We made day stops in Turtle Bay and Baha Santa Maria.  We managed to end up on the wrong side of the bay in Turtle Bay and ended up sharing a few beer with local fishermen.   We didn't have any Spanish and they didn't have any English.   But we did have a long old conversation with one of the fishermen.   Justin,  Allyson, Steve, and I just had different interpretations of what the gentleman fisherman was trying to tell us.  Baha Santa Maria was even more interesting as the waves to shore were quite big and the currents quite strong.   The four of us,  plus Vada,  on our little tender surfed a wave or two into shore.  Then on our way out, we had to pound directly into the waves,  which meant we were submerged one moment and airborne the next.

Enjoying Baha Santa Maria after our interesting trip to land

The boys, most likely talking about sail boats

We also got to experience the super moon while traveling down to Cabo San Lucas.  This meant that every night was super bright leading up to and following the super moon.  The moon would rise each night, blood orange and looking more like a sun rise than a moon rise in the photos.

A couple days before the super moon

Super moon rising

For the most part,  we had beautiful, easy sailing weather from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas,  with only a few intermittent spurts of no wind.  We saw lots of dolphins and even a few seals, including one huge sealion, who jumped onto the wharf on which we docked in Ensenada and who Vada tried to stare down.

Good sailing weather

All crew up on deck

Ally getting in some yoga

And this is what my dinky camera captured.  Imagine what it was like in real life!

Vada was always where the action was

Ally trying to capture our last sun rise together on the boat

Ally treating us to some delicious breakfast

Justin and Steve as we come into Cabo

Justin at the helm as we make land

Vada excited about making land