Another fine spinnaker run!

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We are now at Isla Partida, one of the Midriff islands in the Sea of Cortez. We have had several nice days sailing recently. The trips have been short (15-20 miles) and there has been a nice following wind just perfect for the spinnaker. Each day has started out light but the wind has built each day till we are really moving along nicely. Great fun, and completely different from Seattle where it seemed the wind was always from the wrong direction.
We have been doing a lot of snorkeling lately. Some friends offered to take me spear fishing with them so I finally pulled the Hawaiian sling and wiped off the dust. We went out to the edge of the bay and dove out where some rocks are. I certainly need some practice but I was able to get one. Bill and Bernie each managed to get several in the same time, and bigger too. I am going to claim that that was due to each of them having an actual spear gun, rather than my complete incompetence. Bill from
Moon Hunter got a 50 pound grouper the other day, I am way to chicken to go after a fish that size! It was fun and I did learn some. The next time out I hit more fish and less rocks! Should be even more fun when I figure out which fish are good eating and which aren't. It appears that the better tasting fish are also more skittish and run away. Willie the boat cat fully endorses any and all fishing. Speaking of Willie, He managed to fall of the boat a few days ago. We had company over so we were
all sitting outside in the cockpit when we heard his yelping. We looked over to see the cat finish swimming down one side, and around the stern. I tried to get him to come to his escape rope that we hang over for him but he decided to grab onto V'Ger's inflatable dinghy instead. I climbed down to get him to save the cat and possibly the dinghy as well. Good news was that both the cat and the boat are fine (photo to follow soon).