We had a good night of sailing, and generally we're falling into a sleep / watch pattern which we intend to mess up by anchoring tonight in Turtle Bay (we'll all sleep indefinitely). Currently, we're motoring in very light winds on the inside of Isla Cedros where we're about 40 nautical miles north of Turtle Bay. We got pretty far offshore last night early, but ended up changing direction into Bahia Viscaino because that's where the swells were going - one group of swells, anyway; there were mixed swells last night that tossed us around a little. We decided it would be better to surf the bigger swells at 7 knots rather than have them keep hitting us on the beam all night. Weather currently is nice - about 60 degrees, I'd say, and the seas are pretty calm - just those NW swells pushing us along. Water is bluer and its temp is 58.6 degrees, which is 1 degree warmer than it was just a couple hours ago. Woohoo!
I've got a line out and had a bite of something a bit ago (kelp?) that got loose as soon as I increased the tension on the spool. I'll get something one of these days. The boat is sorta messy, and we're all looking forward to some time to get straightened out while at anchor. We should be to Turtle Bay by 5pm (hoping for some light to anchor by). I wasn't able to get the dinghy's outboard motor fixed in Ensenada. I may need to rip it completely apart, clean everything out and start over. I suspect there may be some sludge in there from old gasoline (the o/b sat for at least 3 years). We've tried everything else short of replacing all the electrical parts (ignition coils, CDI Unit), which nobody had in stock in Ensenada. Oh well, what's a little rowing (he says now). Speaking of... despite Chemistry's good size and great stability, the isometric workout getting around while under way is excellent. You can't *not* crouch low and move around with a hand always on handrail or other solid support. Look for me on the cover of Men's Health soon, touting my own special abs workout.
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