Stephanie Propp

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.

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.

It is nice to get moving again. We did really enjoy Barra, but 10 days is too long for us to spend in any one spot. We stayed a little longer than planned since we had a new membrane for the water maker shipped in from La Paz. The PPM were getting too high with the original membrane as it has over 1500 hours on it. The water was testing close to 700 PPM, now with the new membrane it is below 200. Nice calm day. We motored most of the way, but we were able to sail the last hour on a deep reach in light winds, it was delightful. Very nice to be in a spot where we can swim/snorkel again.

Short motor sail between anchorages.

Easy day, motored into light headwinds with main up and filled. 4-7 knots true wind, clocked to the beam as the day progressed. We were going upwind, but had a following swell, actually made for a nice ride. Saw dolphins for the first time in a while and of course whales. Caught a Crevalle Jack and let him go. Hooked another fish but he gets our lure. Send more lures please!

Long day, expected to be sailing down wind in the morning and for the wind to die in the afternoon. We motored in the morning and the wind headed us in the afternoon. We ended up beating in 9-13 knots true for half of the voyage. Arrived late, but the sailing was good even though we were beating into the wind. We passed close to our friends on Quincy as they were heading north and we fired our signal cannon at them, very fun!