Mike Kalil

My longest passage yet, by far. The swell treated us a little rougher than we expected, seemed to be a confused swell. Stella performed excellent. We sheared a mounting bolt on the Hydrovane about 2/3 of the way across and could no longer use the wind vane steering. Fortunately the auto pilot and hydrogenerator pulled through to handle most of the steering. Surprised by how little we saw out there, no dolphins, no whales, didn't catch any fish, mostly just boobies.

Motored to Paradise Village to begin the process of clearing out of Mexico. Appointment set for 10:30 Monday and we will then immediately depart for Hilo, Hawaii.

Motored most of the way around the cape and into Banderas Bay. Has really nice sailing the last 2 hours on a deep reach. The wind built to about 14 knots true. Had to cross a downwind leg of a regatta as we approached La Cruz. Caught 5 fish, all got their own back. 2 small Skipjacks and 3 large Crevalle Jack.

Uncomfortable short period swell. We were able to sail for a few hours. Rolly night on anchor in Perula.

Very nice sailing. Deep reach with 8-10 knots. 2 jibes, very nice conditions.

Great day! Started off motoring and caught our first Mahi after about 45 minutes under way. Surprisingly we soon got enough wind to sail and we were able to sail about 3/4 of the day. After a couple hours of running deep we set the spinacker and we sailed with it in 7-9 knots for 3 hours.