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| The Ha-Ha Fleet with Spinnakers Flying |
We pulled out of Bahia Santa Maria just after first light on
the 6
th of November. Winds
were much lighter than we had seen coming from Turtle Bay. We decided to fly the spinnaker, even though
we could no longer use the pole because the stay sail gear that we had been
using for a downhaul had broken. Still,
we managed to fly the kite nearly all day and had a very peaceful sail. Most of the fleet passed us before we got our
kite up, but we gained some ground once we had it flying. Although we seemed to be one gybe out of
synch with the rest of the fleet, they remained in sight.
We had a tasty dinner of Tuscan chicken cutlets, carrots and
salad. It was a pleasure to cook without
the boat heaving beneath my feet. The
evening was very warm. I did my graveyard
watch in capris and a light fleece with my sleeves rolled up and slept like a
baby, rocked by the gentle waves, once my watch was complete.
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| Approaching Cabo Falso |
When the 7
th dawned, everyone was eager to reach
Cabo. The scenery from Cabo Falso to the
harbor was spectacular and Ha-Ha boats once again materialized from all
directions. Everyone was in a hurry, so
we cranked up the engine and dropped the sails when the wind died at
mid-afternoon. It came up again shortly
thereafter, but we continued into port with bare poles.
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| The Famous Arch |
Arriving in Cabo San Lucas at 4:00 PM is a very bad
idea. We had been unable to raise the
organizers on the radio to receive our slip assignment, so planned to tie up at
the fuel dock as we had been instructed.
When we arrived, a huge mega-yacht was occupying at least half of the
fuel dock and every sport fishing boat in the harbor was jockeying for the
remaining space. We circled for some
time but, being ponderous, little power boats kept cutting in front of us. Finally, we opted to head for an empty side
tie where a small sailboat, that we later learned had a broken transmission,
cut between us and the dock. It was
tense for a moment until some other people on the dock walked them forward so
that we would not crush them.
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| Michelle in Cabo |
We were met by an agitated security guard, intent on making
us leave, but I managed to explain to him that we had a slip somewhere and
would move as soon as we determined where.
Ingemar ran off to talk to the harbormaster and we eventually landed in
a nice slip close to the Baja Cantina and the restrooms. The location does have its drawbacks,
however, as the music is very loud at night.
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