Day three on Rover and we're heading south toward Cabo. From there we'll poke our nose out into the Pacific Ocean, round the corner, and head north. Rover is a 42 foot Valiant, a beautiful ocean capable yacht owned by Eric and Linda who did the Hoho and Haha rallies south with us from Seattle. Kay and I joined them in La Paz for the ride back to San Diego. They were looking for crew and we were looking for a ride.
Yesterday the weather forecast was calling for a sunny day and 10 knots of wind. Instead we got closer to thirty knots by the day's end. We started with a light breeze and all the sails up. Rover has a cutter rig so her working sails include a Genoa, stay sail and main. We were considering adding a light air drifter to the mix when the wind started to build. Soon we were taking reefs, shortening sails as the wind continued to build. By the time we reached our anchorage, the main was triple reefed and the genoa was furled. Rover got more time under sail yesterday than we've had on Quijote in weeks.
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