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sy Timoneer

45m luxury ketch-rigged sailing superyacht

January 7, 2007 | Author admin

SUNDAY 7TH JANUARY 2007.
50 MILES OFF COAST OF MEXICO
POSITION:- 20 33N 106 36W
DISTANCE TRAVELLED:- 316 Miles since La Paz, average speed 11 knots
WIND:- Northerly at 20 knots
WEATHER:- Cloudy, fine and clear with sunshine
NEWS: We managed to keep the engine off until 1800hrs but by then it had
gone more astern and we were 20 degrees off course doing 9 knots so started
the engine and took off at 12 knots along the rhumb line. Since then the
wind has decreased a bit but we manage to keep the main and genoa up so the
engine is not very loaded and fuel consumption is much lower.
This morning we had a hit on the fishing line but lost that one. An hour
later we caught a small tuna and while we were putting the lines out again a
good Mahi mahi took the bait. We got him on board in quick order and he
weighed in at 30lbs – it is the first ocean fish that Mick, our new crew
member has ever caught so he was pretty excited. Jeff, the engineer has come
up with a new alarm system for the fishing lines which works really well. We
cannot hear the ratchet running from inside the pilot house so we used to
use one of those personal alarms where you pull the pin and it screeches.
The problem is that they do not take kindly to the water and sea air so had
to be replaced at regular intervals. The new system is totally waterproof
and is a contact switch clipped to the line and connected to our door bell.
When we now hook into a fish he rings the doorbell and we hear it throughout
the boat! By the way, for those interested, Jeff got engaged while we were
in La Paz!
We have not seen a single other vessel since clearing the coast line, not
even on radar but we were visited by a pod of dolphins this morning who did
some aerial acrobatics right alongside. Otherwise all is well on board and
we are moving along nicely towards Puesta del Sol.
PHil

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