Banderas Bay Regatta

She's a beautiful boat, Talion. Ready to take on all challengers in the three day Bay of Banderas Regatta, 2012.

We sailed well, and were in first place for our class as the second day finished.

Overall, at the end of racing, there was a three-way tie for first place, and when the scores were broken down (how many first place finishes, etc.), we were low boat on the totem pole. So Patsy ended up with a third place trophy to add to her collection.

Fishing in Chamela

The sun rises early, the fishermen show up to net bait fish. The bait fish like to gather beneath sailboat hulls.

More than a dozen pangas troll slowly among the anchored boats in Chamela, the Spanish chatter rousing us from sleep.

Humpback Whales in Tenacatita

On Monday, March 5th, 2012, we took the MAX to the airport and flew to La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico. A week later, we were sailing north from Barra de Navidad (having crossed the Sea of Cortez aboard our friend, Patsy Verhoeven's boat, Talion). The evening we stopped in the bay of Tenacatita, I kayaked around the fleet that was anchored there and was blown away by the antics of a mother whale and her baby playing just outside the anchorage. Jeff on Journey shared the photos he took with the rest of us.

The whales spent more than half an hour, slowing making their way from the inner bay out to sea, breaching all the way!