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Acapulco to Honolulu
January 6
We tie off from the dock in the morning saying goodbye to our new Swiss friends, a retired couple and their daughter who moored next to us on the docks yesterday. We went out with them last night to watch the cliff divers again, this time at a restaurant overlooking the cliffs. We stuck around for hours drinking Mexican beer and watching diver after diver jump.
Through the Panama Canal to Acapulco
Alright, made it to Mexico! 34 days since we left the Chesapeake and nearly 4000 nautical miles later. All I have to do to get across the Pacific now is actually cross the Pacific. Continue reading
Norfolk to Fort Lauderdale
Sebastien Decroix, Nick Leggatt, and I motored Melina out from the Chesapeake bay early (American) thanksgiving morning in calm winds and grey skies. The calm of the bay was deceptive and, even with Seb’s warning that “the waves will be a bit impressive, yea,” I wasn’t prepared for the turbulent seas where the tropical gulf stream and the cold North Atlantic waters meet. It seemed about as rough as water can get to my green eyes.
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