Kino Bay. Long Day.

After spending three nights at Las Cocinas, we accompanied S/V Waveglider to Kino Bay. This meant ADVENTURE as we left at 4:30am due to an expected all day sail 50 miles north! Our first ever experience of sailing in the dark! We had a mixture of nervousness and exhilaration guiding Jade through the dark with the guidance of our trusty radar and being able to see S/V Waveglider's running lights to help guide us. When we exited the bay and moved into the sea the swells were big rocking Jade 20 degrees from side to side! A 20 degree angle doesn't sound like much but let me let you it sure feels like a lot on a boat! As we both found our sea legs I had to remind myself #1. I wanted this adventure and #2. I trusted Jade and ourselves to be safe. With those two thoughts all was well and we moved on with the moon behind us, the stars above us, the darkness around us and excitement in our hearts. There was not enough wind to sail so we motored, which was just fine for us given all the conditions.

The sunrise was lovely. The seas calmed a bit so we weren't heeling so much, however you can tell from the pic that the swells were still very present.

We finally figured out how to post a video to the blog!

Neither of us got much sleep the night before and the roll of the sea made us both a bit queasy. It hit Poncha first giving her a green hue that stayed with her most of the trip. No bueno! Now is she yawning due to sleep deprivation or yelling for the motion sickness to stop!?

I was feeling good for awhile, however it didn't take long to start to experience the uneasy feeling of motion sickness. There were some tricks we learned; fresh air is good (lucky we had an ongoing breeze for most of the day), being down below in the cabin made it worse as the movement of the boat was magnified, ice water and a bit of food helped soothe the stomach, a task helped distract my brain so I took to learning more about our radar, looking at the top of the mast to see the wind direction was to be avoided as it exponentially increased the 'I'm going to barf feeling'. Thankfully neither of us had to act on that feeling!

I was smiling while I could!

The queasiness latest for hours. We wished for wind when daylight came but no luck. As I type this we have been motor sailing for seven hours and our radar says we have at least two hours to go.

We made it to Kino Bay NINE hours after our departure! We anchored close to shore and chop of the surf was big and had Jade bouncing. Anchoring is still new to us and each time it rattles our nerves. The only thing keeping Jade, our 10 ton girl, from drifting away or being beached is our 45 pound anchor and chain. We set the anchor well and went into Old Kino to provision a bit (food and beer) and located an internet store to let family and friends know we were well. We returned to Jade (she was still  bobbing safe in the bay) and sailed a few miles to Whale's Point to anchor overnight before heading to Isla Tiburon.