I woke up this morning and decided to go for a walk before the wind picked up! The trail turned out to be a meandering path through cacti and boulders up an old riverbed!
After the morning walk, Sarantium sailed out of Ensenada Grande and right away was sailing at 7.5 knots! We kept the wind on broad reach for two hours and then gibed. Sarantium pointed straight into La Paz and after four hours we dropped the sails and motored into the long channel until we dropped anchor. What a day on the water. Today might have been the best sail EVER!
Now it is time to reprovision and get ready to explore the rest of Baja and Sea of Cortez, before hauling out in Gyaumus on February 24th. I am starting to feel like I am running out of time as the winds will be on our nose, sailing north from here. It is only about 100 nmiles to Loretto from here, however the northwest winds will be strong and by the time we get there we will have sailed 400 nmiles probably. We might have to leave earlier than planned to make our haul out date. After, haul out on February 24th, we continue to sail south towards Mazatlan and PV. From PV we sail to French Polynesia!
Sailaway Sarantium 