The rolling start finally ended at 7:00 am this morning. We had already stopped motoring and were sailing with the full main and the yankee out on the whisker pole. We were so tired of hearing the engine. The winds today varied from 6 knots to as high as 17 knots, with our speed over the ground from 3.0 knots to 7.0 knots. Of course the time at 7 knots was brief but we will take it.
This morning I participated in the Baja Ha-Ha net in the morning. This is where all of the boats check in and give their position, as well as asking for any medical or mechanical assistance. It was good to know that no one needed any medical assistance. But one boat got a 1 inch thick line wrapped around their prop last night and was waiting for this morning to try and dive the boat and cut away the line, while under sail. Another boat, a catamaran lost one of their engines, as they have one in each amah, their were still proceeding slowly.
This afternoon we saw a large group / school / pod / herd of porpoises. It is so fun to see these graceful creatures fly through the water as well as jumping and leaping. I had my camera ready but no luck getting a good shot. They are so camera shy.
While yesterday we had several boats around us, now it is a little lonely. There is only one AIS target broadcasting within 24 miles of us. Last night there was over 8.
One thing that was a little scary this morning is when Rich and I were preparing the pole for the yankee we saw floats marking a fishing line. We moved to starboard thinking we would be clearing the line and running parallel only to find out we were actually crossing the line like a slalom course. we cleared the line and shortly thereafter we saw the markers for the end of the line. We definitely did not want to get caught on the line.
Rich and Dan put out the fishing pole but no bites. We will try again tomorrow.
We have gone 139 miles from San Diego and we have 166 miles to go to Turtle Bay. We are looking forward to arriving.
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