Kick it in Second Wind

Out of harbor at 5:10 am for our 15 hr run up to Puerto Escondido.  We had a weather window for today only and had until late this afternoon to get to cover or we would be stuck for a week of nasty blows.  Well, by 3:00 pm after a day of shifting winds up and down and the sails in and out the wind clocked up to over 20 kts and was right on the nose. The seas were about a 6' to 8' chop washing the decks every third wave.  We bashed our way for about four hours only making about 4 kts of speed.  Our friends on S/V  A-Train passed us about an hour out of Escondido.  A-Train is a very fast 60' Deerfoot and captain Russ likes to keep the peddle to the medal.  We arrived in the dark and decided to head into the inner harbor so Renaye was posted up front leaning on the mast directing me through a channel about 100' wide.  Our friends on Scot Free IV came over in their dingy and guided us to a mooring ball and helped us get tied up (the winds were 18-20 kts in this protected anchorage). Deb and Renaye did a great job of handling the lines and getting us secured. A-Train decided to follow us in after they saw that we made it.  A landing rum and then off to bed.

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