Day 4: N 25*01.301 W 110*10.491.

Course on ground: 100* …direction towards Mazatlan.

For now, I think the low wind and flat water conditions are over. After 3 days and 3 nights of sailing (and not moving at times) on glassy water at 3-6 knots, the wind picked up just outside of Isla San Hose’, not far from La Paz. Sarantium is now on a beauty beam reach and doing 5.5-6 knots on some chop!

As much as we would love to spend time in Mazatlan and La Cruz, I’m ready to move on from Mexico! It is still early within the season to be crossing to French Polynesia as technically season begins in April and ends in June. People do, however leave as early as February.

Nights have been a bit cool and damp. We have had quite a bit of dew during the nights. One downside is, besides feeling like I’m back in Nanaimo😂, that I can’t see the whale spouts. I sure can hear them all around as we are in the area where Blue Whales hang out! I feel extremely fortunate laying in the cockpit in absolute silence, looking up at Milky Way listening to whales’ breath.

Retiring early, cutting ties to paying bills and keeping up with values around a set system of doing what’s expected, was a good idea for me! As I move through the sailing world, whether in person or virtual, I make sense of who I am on a different level than before. Time has slowed, appreciation of small things are richer and being present in time, is now much easier!

In addition, as I move further away from the life I had in North America I feel a change. I revert back to thinking in my native language more often and have to search at times, for English words when I communicate. I dream more often and they are often a replay with the life I had and the people I hold close to my heart. Goodmorning world!