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Dolphins, everywhere, all at once!

Elapsed time

1d 3h 15m

Avg. speed

3.8kts

Distance

104.3nm

Moving time

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Max. speed

-- kts

After a few weeks of rest and repairing following some weaknesses identified whilst sailing through Hurricane Milton, we are moving again! It feels good. Where to next? Belize, but perhaps via Cozumel and/or some atolls to go scuba diving along the way. We started on the jib and the main with one reef. We discussed flying the Code Zero, but as Charles put it: “But don’t want to sail too quickly, we don’t want to arrive in the dark”. Cruiser mentality has certainly set in! It was very rolly for the first few hours, and rather unpleasant sailing. By my midnight watch, we had reached the channel between mainland Mexico and Cozumel. It was lovely to be back on the water, sailing under a waxing moon. By daylight, we reached the South tip of Cozumel. We quickly ascertained that the mooring buoys were rather shallow and we were told we could only stay for 4 hours, so we decided to continue South to one of the bays of the mainland in which we could anchor. We popped up the spinnaker and we were moving! But come my 1100 watch, the wind was starting to die. It became trickier and tricker to helm, and then the wind speed was so low that it made more sense to drop and motor on. So we did. A nice clean drop. On our way toward Punta Allen, we were greeted by a dolphin parade the likes of which I’ve never seen before! So many dolphins, everywhere, all at once. I stood on the bow for a good half hour, watching them play. It was all rather surreal. Ben catches a fish, but once in it becomes clear another fish enjoyed it for dinner instead. Thankfully, at sunset, Ben caught another fish, which remained whole. The braai has been lit, and we are now anchoring. Looking forward to enjoying our surf and turf!

Mexico

Nov 4, 2024 - Nov 6, 2024

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