Monday, February 18, 2008

Crossing into the tropics



It was hard to get motivated for at 0430 for Cabo San Lucas this morning. Especially after three days of exploring and relaxing in Magdalena Bay. But we did it and followed Scorpio south to La Entrada. Mid morning, off of Pta. Tosca we came across an enormous bochinche. Hundreds of dolphins, dozens of sea lions and thousands of seabirds were all engaged in a feeding frenzy and we sailed into the midst of it. The wind has been light and from variable directions so the engine has been going most of
the day but we are making good speed. Lots of other wildlife including cavorting grey whales (cue Barry White) and a pair of blue whales heading north. We probably have at least 100 pictures of bow riding dolphins at this point so we'll be sorting these later. If all goes well we'll make it into Cabo around mid day tomorrow, take on fuel and then grab a slip for the night. Our current position puts us about 33 nautical miles from the Tropic of Cancer and tropical waters. We will make that boundary
sometime this evening. Mark and Michelle

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