Nov 11, 2012, Sunday, Cabo San Lucas


We are not going to be able to go ashore today.  The dingy motor is electric and solar powered and it takes forever to recharge.  We had a full day of blazing sun and it was still only at 70%  We need to get hold of the company and see if they can offer a more efficent charging panel.  Meanwhile, we are just going to stay on the boat all day and let it charge. 

So here we are at the bottom end of Baja California, 1,000 miles from home.  Somehow we made it and not only that but won first place.  If it had not been for the Haha we would still be sitting at home working on one more project.   I wish it had not been such a fast pace.  It does not seem like we got to see anything on the way down.  Our idea of the sailing life was no deadlines, just go where the wind takes us.  So far it has been nothing but deadlines and destinations; cast off, sail day and night, anchor and party and off again.   On the other hand, we have a lot of new friends that we will be meeting again all over the pacific during the next few years.  We know how to use the radio.  We have learned a lot about how to sail Rhapsody.  We know that we can sail at least 4 days non-stop.  And we are here, started on our new adventure.