Log Recap


.	Leg	Date	From	To	Distance (nautical miles)		Elapsed time (hours)		Sail (hours)		Motor (hours)		Notes
.	1	11/22/08 to 11/23/08	San Diego	Ensenada	70		28		13		15
.	2	11/27/08 to 11/30/08	Ensenada	Turtle Bay	300		74		56		18		5 hour aborted lunch stop in San Quintin, outside Cedros, included 24 hrs run of 105 miles
.	3	12/3/2008	Turtle Bay	Bahia Asuncion	50		15		10		5		First night arrival in unfamiliar anchorage
.	4	12/5/08 to 12/7/08	Bahia Asuncion	Bahia Santa Maria	184		51		30		21
.	5	12/10/2008	Bahia Santa Maria	Puerto Magdalena	32		8		2		6		Sailed off anchor, but then had to motor sail most of the way
.	6	12/12/08 to 12/14/08	Puerto Magdalena	Cabo San Lucas	170		39		13		26		Prevailing wind does not prevail. Midnight arrival in CSL
.	7	12/16/08 to 12/19/08	Cabo San Lucas	Bahia Mantanchen	275		69		41		28		Arrived off Isla Isabella at 0400, waited for light, anchorage looked only fair, pushed on to San Blas
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.						1081		284		165		119	Average speed 3.8 knots
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.	8	12/22/2008	Bahia Mantanchen	San Blas estuary	4		2		0		2		Motored around and over the bar
.	9	1/9/2009	San Blas	Chacala	20		5		0		5		Humpback whales everywhere
.	10	1/16/2009	Chacala	Punta de Mita	45		9.5		5		4.5		Rolly, short seas, light air. Drifter all the way
.	11	1/18/2009	Punta de Mita	Tres Marietas	6		1.75		0		1.75
.	12	1/18/2009	Tres Marietas	La Cruz	14		3		3		0		Drifter stuck up. Up mast to release
.	13	2/4/2009	La Cruz	Boca de Tomatlan	15		4.25		0		4.25		Anchored in 19' 50' from the beach
.	14	2/5/2009	Boca de Tomatlan	Yelapa	8		2.5		0		2.5		Anchored in 70' 50 yards off beach - bad night
.	15	2/6/2008	Yelapa	Punta Ipala	48		8.5		4.5		4		Slowly around Corrientes, then a sleigh ride
.	16	2/8/2009	Punta Ipala	Chamela	52		12		4		8		Light air in a.m. building in p.m. Passed Seabird headed north


.	17	2/12/2009	Chamela	Careyes	14		3.45		0		3.45		Anchored in 23' using panga mooring as stern hook
.	18	2/16/2009	Careyes	Tenacatita	21		5		0		5		Anchored in 20' just off river bar
.	19	2/20/2009	Tenacatita	Cuestacomente	14		3.5		0		3.5		All alone
.	20	2/21/2009	Cuestacomente	Melaque	5		1.25		0		1.25
.	21	2/27/2009	Melaque	Barra de Navidad	2		1		0		1		Fueled and went on into the lagoon
.	22	3/17/2009	Barra de Navidad	Las Hadas	27		9		5		4		Looked into Playa Santiago - too rolly
.	23	3/23/2009 to 3/25/09	Las Hadas	Zihuatanejo	200		51.5		31		20.5		Looked into Caleta de Campos - too rolly. All last night with drifter alone averaging more than 5k
.						495		123.2		52.5		70.7	Average speed 4.0 knots
.	24	4/10/2009	Zihuatanejo	Papanoa	35		8		0		8		Good anchorage
.	25	4/11/09 to 4/14/09	Papanoa	Puerto Escondido	250		73		43		30		A day of little wind followed by two steady days
.	26	4/15/2009	Puerto Escondido	Puerto Angel	38		9		5.5		3.5		After a slow start a great run .. On video
.	27	4/17/2008	Puerto Angel	Manglillo	17		5		5		0		Lovely sail with Hapa on
.	28	4/20/2009	Manglillo	Huatulco			3	7	3		0		All on the drifter
.						347		98		56.5		41.5
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.	29	4/27/09 to 4/30/09	Huatulco	Puerto Chiapas	250		62		13		49		No Norther but a hell of a lightning storm
.	30	5/5/09 to 5/8/09	Puerto Chiapas	Bahia del Sol (El Salvador)	240		62		20		42		All on the wind, 8 to 10 port tack at night, starboard during the day
.						490		124		33		91	Average speed 3.95 knots
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.	31	5/30/2009	Bahia del Sol	Punta Amapala	66		16		0		16		Dramatic thunder, lightening & shrimpers for midnight radar arrival


.	32	6/1/2009	Punta Amapala	Isla Meanguera	15		5.5		2		3.5		Lovely anchrage off Hotel La Joya
.	33	6/3/2009	Isla Meanguera	Isla Conchaguita	6		2		1.5		0.5		Good sail with Minor towing a little wildly
.	34	6/4/2009	Isla Conchaguita	Amapala (Honduras)	7		2		0		2		Flat calm motor
.	35	6/6/2009	Amapala	Isla Meanguera	8		1.5		0		1.5		Flat calm motor
.	36	6/7/2009	Isla Meanguera	Moneypenny (Nicaragua)	10		2.75		0		2.75		Anchored in 21' a mile off the beach
.	37	6/8/2009	Moneypenny	Corinto	65		15		6		9		Arrived off Corinto at 0300 in a large thunderstorm, motored around storm cells until dawn and then went in
.	38	6/26/2009	Corinto	San Juan del Sur	113		31		7		24		Mostly motorsailing in little breeze, but 7 hours of great sailing to weather in 10 to 15k.
.						290		75.75		16.5		59.25
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.	39	7/11/2009	San Juan del Sur	Bahia Guacalito	12		3.75		2.5		1.25		Gusty 20K plus. Had 1 reef, needed 2. Beautuful undeveloped anchorage
.	40	7/12/2009	Bahia Guacalito	Bahia Elena	10		3		2.5		0.5		25k + WJ too much. Balanced under 2 reefs main and staysail
.	41	7/18/2009	Bahia Elena	Bahia Huevos	35		9.25		4		5.25		Main 2 reefs, reefed staysail. Had to motor sail for a while to get up enough to make Huevos.
.	42	7/20/2009	Bahia Huevos	Playa del Coco	6.5		2		2		0		Main 1 reef, WJ Sailed off anchor and lovely short sail.
.	43	7/31/2009	Playa del Coco	Bahia Guacamaya	8		3.25		1.75		1.5		Sailed off anchor but breeze faded. Beautiful empty anchorage. Started in the S corner and moved to the N to get less roll
.	44	8/2/2009	Bahia Guacamaya	Bahia Brasilito	6		2		0		2		Anchored off noisy beach with plenty of roll. Weather says we have to wait here a few days
.	45	8/4/2009	Bahia Brasilito	Playa Flamingo
.	46	8/6/2009	Playa Flamingo	Playa Conchal	44		16		7.5		8.5		After 22 miles ran into line squall with 30k head winds and after two hours no headway turned back
.	47	8/7/2009	Playa Conchal	Tamarindo	13		3.5		0		3.5		Motored around point to surf mecca
.	48	8/8/2009 to 8/9/09	Tamarindo	Bahia Ballena	88		23.5		1.5		22		Light wind motor sailing with thunder storms. Arrived at dawn. Sidewinder in the bay.
.	49	8/11/2009	Bahia Ballena	La Herradura	20		6.75		5.25		1.5		Beautiful tight reach + humpback breaching


.	50	8/12/2009	La Herradura	Quepos	37		10		1		9		Bad anchorage off difficult town with good people
.	51	8/14/2009	Quepos	Punta Quepos	2		0.5		0		0.5		Motored over to better anchorage. Sidewinder caught up.
.	52	8/16/2009	Punta Quepos	Dominicalita	25		6.5		0		6.5		Windless motor to another very rolly anchorage
.	53	8/17/2009	Dominicalita	Bahia Drake	35		10		3.5		6.5		Great sail the last 12 miles
.	54	8/20/09 to 8/21/09	Bahia Drake	Golfito	66		21		4		17		Freed fouled anchor and then dodged storms (with water spout) into Golfo Dulce. Arrived pre-dawn and waited off for 1 hour. Sidewinder caught up again
.	55	8/29/2009	Golfito	Casa Orquideas	8		2		0		2		Motored up into the gulf to vist the botanical gardens and spend last night with Sidewinder
.						415.5		123		35.5		87.5
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.	56	8/30/09 to 9/1/09/09	Casa Orquideas	Bahia Honda (Panama)	131		37		0		37		After stormy rounding of C. Burica a beautiful windless full moon night and dawn into Honda
.	57	9/2/09 to 9/3/09	Bahia Honda	Ensenada Benao	101		29		11		18		Many sail changes, ducking thunder storms. Uneventful rounding of Morro de Puercos
.	58	9/4/2009 to 9/5/09	Ensenada Benao	Taboga	105		36		12		24		Big wind event (35k) from the South of P. Mala, then not much. Beautiful sail last part into Chuey's mooring at Taboga
.	59	9/6/2009	Taboga	Las Brisas anchorage	8		2		0		2		Motored across Bay of Panama through plentiful tankers etc.
.	60	9/7/2009	Las Brisas	Balboa Yacht Club	6		2		0		2		Motored around to a BYC mooring for Canal measurement
.	61	9/12/2009	Balboa Yacht Club	Gatun Lake mooring	32.5		10.5		0		10.5		With pilot Dalton first day of canal transit
.	62	9/13/2009	Gatun Lake mooring	Colon (Shelter Bay Marina)	12		4		0		4		With pilot Ahmet completed transit and dropped of David and Suzi in SB
.	63	9/14/2009	Colon (Shelter Bay Marina)	Chagres River	13		4		0		4		Anchored 5 miles up the Chagres in jungle peace
.	64	9/16/2009	Chagres River	Isla Linton	37		9		0		9		Motored across Colon Bay through big ship anchorage
.	65	9/18/2009	Isla Linton	Isla Grande	3		1		0		1		Motored around to anchorage of Isla Grande. Not much there there!
.	66	9/19/2009	Isla Grande	Playa Chiquita	17.5		5		0.5		4.5		Still not much wind!
.	67	9/20/2009	Playa Chiquita	W. Lemon Cays (San Blas Is.)	24		8		0		8		Motor sailed at 1/2 revs into fairly big sea and Force 3 headwind


.						490		147.5		23.5		124
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.	68	9/23/2009	W. Lemon Cays	E. Lemon Cays	3		1		0.5		0.5		Our first coral piloting
.	69	9/29/2009	E. Lemon Cays	W.Coco Banderas	14		5		4		1		Big Panties (reacher) for the first time in a while
.	70	9/30/2009	W.Coco Banderas	Green Island	3		0.75		0		0.75
.	71	10/1/2009	Green Island	Nagarna	5		1.75		0		1.75		Motored in light drizzle
.	72	10/1/2009	Nagarna	Isla Tigre	5		1.75		0		1.75
.	73	10/3/2009	Isla Tigre	Nagarna via attempt to Snug Hrbr.	17		9.25		0		9.25		Hit big header storm and turned around. Tried to tow dinghy. Big mistake
.	74	10/5/2009	Nagarna	E. Hollandes	11.5		5		3		2		Inisheer motorsailed past on the way over
.						58.5		24.5		7.5		17
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.	75	10/10/2009 to 10/12/09	E. Hollandes (San Blas Is.)	Cartagena, Colombia	190		58		8		50		Mostly motorsailed with lumpy seas, very low revs (1/3 gal. per hr)
.						190		58		8		50
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.	76	11/14/09 to 11/21/09	Cartagena	Georgetown, Grand Cayman	640		169		139		30		Mostly good trade wind sailing, close hauled all the way. One snotty night
.						640		169		139		30
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.		TOTALS				4497	miles	1227	hrs	537	Sail hrs	690	Motor hrs