Leaving LA we had heavy fog with little visibility. Once we were through the fog our first day out was easy breezy, with light westerly winds and clear skies. We set our watch schedule for nighttime and had dinner just after dark. We were able to average around 4 knots sailing all night in fairly light westerly winds. On the second day we had very little wind and mostly motor sailed as we passed San Diego and raised our Mexican courtesy flag!
A pod of 15-20 dolphins circled the boat that night chasing small fish that were attracted to our bow running lights, stirring up a glow of bioluminescence around us. It was the most stunning marine show any of us had ever seen and it went on for hours.
We ran into more fog early the next morning and carefully navigated as we headed through the dark into shallow areas just outside Ensenada with two small islands off our starboard side. Around 4AM a Carnival Cruise ship came within a half mile directly astern and blew their horn to alert surrounding boats. The fog was heavy and we couldn’t see them, thankfully for the AIS system we knew exactly where they were, how fast they were going, and their heading. We watched as they approached and never saw them. Can’t say enough good things about the AIS!
We made our way into Ensenada and are looking forward to exploring the area and a few nights of solid rest.
SV Solitude 