Bahia de Tortugas (turtle bay)

11/24 – 11/27
not too sure where we left off… somewhere talking about Cedros Island. we had an awesome sail passing Isla Natividad. dodging lobster pots and pangas. warm and beautiful out, finally a bathing suit day. we dropped anchor at 14:30 in tortuga bay. a few of our new friends were there. we had dinner with our new friends on ‘sweet dreams’ a 36′ catalina.  we took the dinghy into town and went to Moroco restaurant for some great food and decent wifi. updated the blog, checked the weather, and called our families. the water was warm so we all jumped in with our bars of soap. we left turtle bay 11/26 at 8:30 and sailed 46 miles to Bahia de Asuncion, where we are now. on the way down we sailed wing and wing for a while. dad caught a football yellowfin tuna and another mahi. i made a sashimi platter for lunch. we were surprised to see our old friends ‘sweet dreams’ and ‘gemini’ waiting for us here in Asucion. we will be sitting here for a few days waiting out a front that should be coming down tomorrow.

apple crepes for desert on ‘sweet dreams’

bird frenzy

after realizing that we won’t be taking ‘hot showers’ anymore my father had to adapt to the salt life

our home

for you mom and laura!

typical restaurant/house/wifi spot

dad and claire using viber. 
download the free app and we can text/call you when we have wifi!

pina loves the chart book

fish tacos every day

fruit salads whenever we can get to markets

first tuna of the trip

learning how to make tuna melts from step one

sashimi platter?

doesnt get any fresher than that. 
raw ginger, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, clementines, limes, habanero sauce

good girl!

letter the wind do its job while we read our books

our friends on ‘sweet dreams’ a catalina 36 out of marina del rey

dolphins everyday

pina you can not come to shore in the dry bag

keel. we need to scrub the bottom.

mahi mahi is our specialty. they call it dorado in mexico.

dolphin under the boat.

tuna on! paulie your luar works just fine!

tuna!!

this ones for stolat!

ok so this post is stuff from quite a while ago. we have 3 more posts to upload but the internet is just really slow in the past few harbors we’ve been to (if we even get it). so just keep following our spot tracker and keep checking for updates, hopefully in a week we’ll be back up to date.

2 Responses to Bahia de Tortugas (turtle bay)

  1. DL December 8, 2012 at 4:24 am #

    So assuring to see everyones smiling faces! You all look SO healthy and happy but for sure you are all turning into salty pirates!

  2. Christina December 8, 2012 at 6:25 pm #

    I KNEW my dad was gonna have a beard.
    Love your NC shirt.
    Do you find it odd your hair is longer than your gf's hair?
    Good job eating fresh fruit when you can. Keeps away the scurvy.
    Awesome tuna!! And the pics of the fish coming up the side of the boat are freaking amazing! You'll have to sell them to lure and fishing companies for $.

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