AND WE'RE OFF.......

We started off our cruising life on October 25th 2009. We had originally planned to leave with the Baja HaHa on the 26th but due to the prediction of large swells (15-20 foot) we made the decision to leave on the evening of the 25th before the rest of the fleet. The first leg (San Diego to Turtle Bay) was very quick as we were trying to out run the weather coming from the north. The next two legs (Turtle Bay to Santa Maria and Santa Maria to Cabo San Lucas) were much slower and winds were very light. We ended up doing 750 miles in 11 days due to the schedule that the Baja HaHa sets. Although most would think this was a very slow pace the truth is this many miles in a week and a half on a sailboat really is quite fast and it felt more like the rat race we are trying to get away from rather than the cruising life we have been looking forward to. Now that we are in Cabo the HaHa fleet will disperse in different directions and everyone will set there own pace. Our pace will be much slower from here on out.

Right now we are sitting in Cabo San Lucas on anchor and since we have a pretty good internet signal I thought it would be a good time to post a few photos of our trip down. We plan on leaving Cabo on Monday and head around the cape to Los Frailes. After that we have decided to beat our way up to La Paz and spend a little time in the sea of cortez before heading over to mainland Mexico.