In Bahia Falsa, I saw lots of pelicans and entire schools of fish. I saw some pelicans dive in to the water and get fish. At the beach, the water was super shallow. I could swim or wade! I used … Continue reading →
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Bahia Candeleros Days 2 and 3
Here are a couple of pictures of the sunrise on Tuesday. Tuesday was a mellow day for us. We moved Kosmos farther into the bay, where the water is a little calmer. We did chores. Check out these cute mini-corn … Continue reading →
La Paz to Bahia Candeleros (aka Ensenada Blanca)
Sunday beautiful morning’s sunrise in La Paz On Sunday morning, our first chore of the day was plan the logistics of moving Kosmos. The ideal time to leave seemed to be 1800 (6:00 pm), when neither the tides nor wind … Continue reading →
Bahia Falsa to La Paz
On Thursday afternoon, we’d attempted to go to La Paz via the road. Unfortunately, the logistics hadn’t worked out. Here are a couple sunrise photos from Friday: Still wanting to go to La Paz, we started Friday morning off by … Continue reading →
The Ensenada to Bahia Falsa Passage From Keith’s Perspective/Le passage de Ensenada à Bahia Falsa du point de vue de Keith.
On the passage, I got kind of seasick part of the first day. On the second day, I got more adjusted to the ocean. Day three, I got better sea legs. Days four and five were about the same as … Continue reading →
Day 2 in Bahia Falsa
Yesterday morning we played in the water at the sand spit. The first picture is Kosmopolitan (our hard dinghy) in the foreground and Kosmos in the background. This nook of the bay is waveless and shallow, so it attracts mostly … Continue reading →
Photographs from the Ensenada to Bahia Falsa Passage
First of all, here are the answers to questions: Q: Did Keith enjoy it as much as you hoped he would???? A: Keith is working on his own blog post about his perspective of the trip. It should post on … Continue reading →
We Have Arrived in Bahia Falsa (Near La Paz)
We are pleased to report that we have completed a 828 nautical mile passage from Ensenada, Mexico to Bahia Falsa, which is a few miles away from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The five-day passage down was uneventful. We … Continue reading →
Kosmos and Crew Underway to Mexico
We’re finally actively cruising again. Eric, Christi, and Keith (now 10) are headed to the Sea of Cortez aboard Kosmos. We’re currently in Ensenada to check into Mexico. Tomorrow, we’ll head to La Paz. The Ensenada to La Paz leg … Continue reading →
AUCKLAND’S EAST COAST CRUISING GROUNDS BATTERED BY EASTERLIES
How right were NIWA late last year when they forecast the 2021/22 North Island summer would be dominated by easterlieswith more gales, thunderstormsand wet weather than normally expected. We’ve lain at home in bed during quite a few nights in the last few weeks listening to wind and rain thankful to be ashore.There’s certainly been some nice sunny days, but on the water we’ve rarely had the settled predominantly south-west conditions we normally expect, the exceptions being a settled period in January before Cyclone Cody arrived and some nice periods in April. In fact we can rarely remember a period of such sustained south to north-easterlies occasionally tipping over into north-westerlies.
This significantly changes summer cruising dynamics, firstly because the east coast becomes exposed rather than sheltered and secondly because we’re all mainly used to anchoring for settled south-westerly conditionsrather than for strong easterlies.
Of course this has also opened some opportunities for cruising the normally exposedwest coasts of Great Barrier Island, Kawau Islandand Coromandel Peninsula, but you do have to get there and back safely and easterlies often bring large ocean swells and larger than usual wind-generated waves.
We last got out for 6 nights in mid-May anchoring around Onetangi including very pleasant Piemelon Bay on the east side of Onetangi when the wind went south-east.
Fortunately it’s nearly always possible to safely return home from the inner Hauraki Gulf islands, nearly all of which provide some secure anchorages during easterlies. Some of our favorites during E to NE winds areRakino Island’s West Bay, Waiheke Island’s Putiki Bay, Ponui Island’s Shark Bay and Rotoroa Island’s South-west Bay.
Anyway our Winter solstice is now only about three weeks away on 21 June and from there our dark mornings and evenings will very gradually lengthen out. Roll on settled SW conditions.
