what i sent to salty monkey —
i saw the front on wunderground and was wondering when it would catch us. it showed all the way to turtle bay as prefrontal and then stormy. i did a decent job of sailing out on the prefrontals, and when the bell fell we knew the ghost of jimmy was on me and my trip. we were saved from a mayhem– with a torn mizzen would have been a bad thing. david is good– he is a large help…no pun intended.
i watch the wunderground models and passage weather and stormpulse and a few other sites– i like watching th e cloud pattern form and move and i like to see what i will have for a few days. we did ok. the sky showed the horizon hazes before the stars disappeared and showed the signs of approaching doom– we were ok– during the calm was the actual time of change in direction. calm before storm is a good way to call it. the stars were awesome– then th e haze at the horizon started to grow thicker and obliterate the stars entirely and we were in a cloud cover– the moon was awesome until this time. this all happened just before moonset. i will be using davids spot for a bit yet– until i hit mazatllan. he is feeling good about the jobs i gave him– he brought us into ensenada– in the dark– i was here with him– so he knows about the difficulty of seeing the port and sights in night time. gets very confuzing in dark. ensenada isnt a difficult port to enter, so was a good experience for him , and for me, a swell. i dont like entering ports at night.
david is ok– heis a good guy. very helpful. more reliable than my own son.. he has been helping me for 3 months before we left– he will stay around.
One of the great things about being a cruiser is that we learn to take the change in plans in stride. Glad you can keep using the spot. Sail on!
Karen, Glad you are underway. Hope all goes well. Love you girl.
Joe
everything is good–i will be seeing david again before canal– he will come with– i would like tom to come with thru canal also–is up to him and his schedule. (tom actually has a life other than sailing.. go figger..LOL)
what i said about the reasons for the changes are exactly as is — i am not a journalist, so i cannot change facts. david was my crew for 3 months– now is time for him to make his business make money so he can sail without having to return for any reason having to do with his finances. is my decision to send him back with his family for a bit– is for him and for all of us. please dont try to second guess me and my boys– they are dear to me and will return when able.