¡Aprovecha el Día!: Smooth sailing

Tim captured Brainstorm´s insignia with this creative shot.

We passed this beatiful boat along the way. For me, this photo captures the beautiful moments of sailing. This is what it´s all about!

We´ve been floating for nine days, since I last wrote, and they have been enjoyable days with our friends Melissa & Tim. We spent the first night in a small, remote bay just north of Huatulco, where we got to swim, play, and generally relax as preparation for the longer passage ahead. Then we headed out for our last long stretch--220 miles to Acapulco--which meant two overnights. What I´ve learned is that the multi-day and night passages are the hard part. We were able to sleep a bit more on this one than those previous, and we only encountered one nighttime rainsquall. As we sailed north, and west, and north, and west, we left the turbulent weather behind us. We are relieved, now, to be ¨in the clear!¨

The subsequent days have been lovely. We have been able to anchor at night, sail during most days, and have visited some interesting places along the way. We are currently in Zihuatenejo, which is a funky little town with good restaurants and enthusiastic Mexican vacationers (picture parasailing, jetskis, snorkeling, etc.).

Melissa and Tim leave tomorrow; they have definitely gotten a complete long-distance sailing experience! As we have learned, (in the words of Ryan) sailing is either extremely pleasant and comfortable or extremely uncomfortable and somewhat unpleasant. They have experienced a bit of both, but generally experienced the shift to positive. We are glad Mercury is no longer retrograde!

As one may gather from my writing here, there is just too much to write. I´ll sign off and let these few photos tell a bit more of the story. Soon we´ll be home to tell more of them in person, to whoever wishes to hear. Until then, be well. WE MISS YOU!