Vagari's Cruise

Welcome to Vagari’s 7th winter of sailing. We have put 8,000 miles under Vagari’s keel during those cruises but this year like last year won’t be a high mileage year. We just don’t have the lust for the long cruises that we did when we started cruising but we still enjoy living on board and sailing near our homeport. Welcome aboard! We hope you enjoy our blog. Your comments, questions and suggestions are appreciated and encouraged.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Update From San Juanico Cove

A little more on the crossing to the Baja. The wind was forecast to be light from the SE. We actually had moderate to fresh winds all day from the SE. The fog made it almost cold. We wore two sweatshirts and a windbreaker jacket and blue jeans. It was so damp that everything collected drops of water. Including the steering wheel. The autopilot worked the entire crossing. We deal with the "won't disengage" problem by shutting the power off.

Vagari went very fast in those conditions. For short periods we would exceed 8 knots. She was also stable, seldom heeled over 10 degrees. We had the radar on so we could "see" ahead but still were not comfortable not "really" seeing.

The next day we enter San Juanico cove by 2:30 PM after a quick motor sail with clear skies and warm winds. Friends from the s/v KOKOMO from previous cruises come over after we anchored. We ended up having dinner on Vagari and a walk on the beach.

We have enjoyed the first two days cruising again.

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