That's right, we are happily anchored in Cabo San Lucas! Coming around Cabo Falso you realize quite quickly that you are in an entirely different world than the rest of the remote Baja peninsula where we have spent the last month. Jet Skiers, Parasailers, Glass Bottom Boats, Booze Cruises, Sportfishers, Kayakers, Swimmers, Water Taxis, Americas Cup Boats, Replica Pirate Ships, Whale Watcing Boats, and more criss-cross the bay. We had been forewarned, but it was still completely overwhelming to try and find anchorage along the narrow shelf of sand near the beaches while dodging all the above mentioned water traffic and trying to communicate over the loud music coming from the hotel beach bars.

For the astute reader, you may have realized that the fact we arrived in Cabo San Lucas on Valentine's day means we left Bahia Magdalena on...Friday the 13th. Which makes it all the stranger that we had one of the best passages we've had yet! We sailed off our anchor at Belcher's point and were immediately surrounded by whales in the narrow exit of Mag Bay. About halfway out a huge grey whale (must have been at least 40 feet long) came alongside, allowing us to get this video of it:



We flew down the coast with a strong following wind and sea, in fact by mid-afternoon on the first day we realized that what we had planned to be a two night passage would in fact probably only take one! The wildlife was incredible, as dolphins played around the bow, and later a 5' long billfish leapt repeatedly 5-6' out of the water off our stern (being chased or chasing?). When we arrived outside of Cabo we saw a grey whale breach, towering a good 15' feet in the air until slamming down in a huge cloud of spray.

From anchor up to anchor down we covered the 180 odd miles in just under 30 hours, not too shabby. After saying a quick hello to some of the other boats here (including the two Southbound boats that were having a hard time while in Bahia Santa Maria, who looked much much happier now), we jumped in the water (78 degrees) for a celebratory swim. Today the plan is to re-anchor in a slightly more convenient spot, then head ashore for a celebratory everything. Tomorrow we will attempt to navigate the vagaries of the international check-in process. After that, everything's up in the air...want to come down and accompany us on a 4 day offshore passage to Puerto Vallarta?

And now (since we are getting internet on the boat for the first time in over a month) here's a bunch of photos we haven't been able to add to our other blogs: