{"id":5951,"date":"2023-09-26T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2023-09-29T20:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T00:06:07","slug":"mexico-connections-part-6-of-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5951","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Connections (part 6 of 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a day provisioning and refueling, we left Puerto Madero the evening of May 19. With dozens of fishing boats offshore, we were vigilant . The Gulf of Tehuantepec<\/em><\/strong>, known for unexpected gales or Tehuano<\/em><\/strong>, lay ahead. At night the open ocean seemed mysterious, while we motor sailed into into a 20 knot breeze with choppy seas.<\/p>\n

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Transiting\u00a0Tehuantepec<\/strong><\/em>, where some Pacific hurricanes originate, went without a hitch. Three days later we docked at Acapulco Yacht Club for more supplies, fuel and fun. The crew of\u00a0Escapade<\/strong><\/em> joined us again for a night out celebrating a birthday for Lee, their cook.<\/p>\n

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Next day we explored Acapulco. High-rise hotels lined the ocean-front, while just a few blocks inland was utter poverty.<\/p>\n

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After two days we set out for Cabo San Lucas, about 4 days away.<\/p>\n

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Seas were calm at first, with a 6 knot breeze on the nose. Two days later it’s 24 knots head on, uncomfortable and wet. We began tacking with Cabo 200 miles off.<\/p>\n

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The morning of June 1 we anchored alongside Escapade<\/strong><\/em> at Land’s End<\/em><\/strong> on the tip of Baja. \u00a0It was uniquely beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Escapade<\/strong><\/em> was stunning against the limestone outcrop.<\/p>\n

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A view from the the cliff put\u00a0Challenge’s<\/em><\/strong> pleasing lines on display.<\/p>\n

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Between incoming swells, we rode the Zodiac through the famous Arch, not once but twice.<\/p>\n

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Billy snorkeled down and came up with lunch.<\/p>\n

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Lovers Beach<\/em> at Land’s End<\/strong><\/em> was a bit isolated from most of the Cabo crowds.<\/p>\n

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We wined, dined, and dealt with repairing a tear in the mainsail.<\/p>\n

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The sights and sounds of Cabo were there to be enjoyed.<\/p>\n

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The big salty oysters weren’t bad either.<\/p>\n

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Doubtless, this Cabo hillside doesn’t look the same today, as it did in ’87. After 5 days we said goodbye and the voyage continued. For our last leg, the final destination was still a thousand miles away.<\/p>\n

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After a day provisioning and refueling, we left Puerto Madero the evening of May 19. With dozens of fishing boats offshore, we were vigilant . The Gulf of Tehuantepec, known for unexpected gales or Tehuano, lay ahead. At night the open ocean seemed mysterious, while we motor sailed into into a 20 knot breeze with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,51,6,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-sailing","category-sea","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5951"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5991,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951\/revisions\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}