We are cruising now

Woke to sunshine, only drug anchor a little last night , love the anchor alarm. This morning after coffee Al and Jill changed the fitting that broke on the pole that fell 20 ft. off its track. Al hand a spare and figured it would be a lot easier to install at anchor than on a rolling deck underway. Jim added a little muscle on the pop rivets.

We got underway at 1024. Cleared the entrance by 1100 and all had shorts on by 1200. What a beautiful day. Wind was 15 to 20 most of the day. Start from the NE shifting to the NW . We were on a broad reach coming down Isla Margarita and later sailing downwind wing and wing with the Genoa poled-out to starboard . Now on a direct course to Puerto Vallata.

Finally feels like cruising. 3 hr watches start at 1800 with Al and I getting the 6-9 watch the Jill and Jill get 9 to 12, etc. Then in the daytime we switch to 6 hr.watches.
Sunset on deck with our one allotted beer for the day ,then dinner and dishes. Jim and Jill have definitely taken over the dish washing so that's not in my routine, thankfully.

WHALE count is 15 so far.
From Turtle Bay to Mag Bay we saw 10 Gray whales . Today we saw 5 whales. 3 we could identify as Humpbacks. We saw beaches, spy hops, and tail lobbing.