November 8, 2004
At Sea, 80 nm SE of Cabo San Lucas
Well as it always happens as soon as we hit port I stop logging anything to the blog. Sorry about that but we're usually just too busy to even think about setting aside the time for writing.
The party at Bahia Santa Maria was just as advertised. Fish and lobster dinner for $12 and music provided by a band who usually plays in Cabo San Lucas. There was one big black mark on the day though. As I was leaving the beach to go back to the boat the current swung the bow of the inflatable into the propeller of a panga and put a 6 inch gash in the fabric. I was able to make it back to shore without sinking, but it meant we had to take the inflatable back to NAKIA on the deck of a panga since it could not be repaired. As I write this the gash has been stitched up and a patch has been applied. However it takes 7 days for the glue to set so we won't know for awhile if it will hold.
We departed Bahia Santa Maria on schedule and had a quick if a little boring trip to Cabo. One highlight was fishing. We had tried and tried to catch fish with no luck, so I decided to increase our chances by adding a few more hooks onto the line. During a sail change I noticed a fish on one of the lines so went back to pull it in. I got the hook about half way to the boat when a second fish took one of the other hooks. Then a few feet closer to the boat another fish took the final hook on that line, three fish on one line! Before we were able to release the two smallest fish a fourth took the lure on the other line, four fish on at once! All Dorado. We released all but the largest one and had it battered with corn flour and fried in butter for dinner.
We arrived in Cabo on Thursday afternoon and pulled into our slip in Marina Cabo San Lucas. Phil and Joann had reserved a room at their time share so we all piled into a cab and were soon siting at the pool bar in a luxury hotel. Quite a change from the trip down! We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening swimming in the pool, basking in the hot tub, watching a movie on the outdoor screen, taking showers and having a huge meal at the Italian buffet.
Friday we set about doing chores; Linda's was laundry and mine was checking into the country. Let's just say Linda got the better of that deal. It took me almost 6 hours, walking around town in the hot sun, to get NAKIA and her crew checked in. It was a little complicated by the fact that I wanted to check out at the same time as checking in which required me to 'take a number' at the immigration office twice ('taking a number' meant at least a 2 hour wait!). Finally around 4pm I finished the process and met up with Linda, Phil and Joann at the Ha-Ha beach party where I found a cold beer and hot food waiting for me. Nice crew huh?!
Saturday was a little more relaxing. I spent the morning repairing the dinghy and Linda finished up the rest of the laundry. We did some shopping and had lunch then headed over to the Ha-Ha award ceremony. We were presented with third place in class. No big deal really, everyone gets third place unless you get first or second place. But we had a few laughs with the Ha-Ha folks one last time before our departure to PV.
We departed Cabo Sunday morning for PV in very humid, hot conditions. It wasn't long before every one was sweating and everything felt sticky. It's been a long motor boat trip so far with very little sailing but I'm hopeful we'll be able to sail a few hours this afternoon. NAKIA has two new crew for the trip from CSL to PV, Diane Stark from Sequoia Yacht Club and James Wilson who crewed with Tony Wiseman down the coast from SF to San Diego.
That's all for now,
John, Linda, Diane and James
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