Tonight I am writing this post from the middle of the crossing to Mazatlan (actually closer to the end). We should arrive tomorrow morning around ten or eleven. We have made good time on this crossing so far. Our weather was as pristine as you could ask for and the diesel is pushing us along at six and a half to seven knots. The humidity is rising as we get closer to the mainland and I have a feeling it will be much wetter on the mainland than Baja. So much so that you can feel it before you get there. The weather looks good for a very short rest stop and pushing on to Bandaras Bay (Puerto Vallarta/La Cruz). As I write the plotter has clicked off 1648 miles since we installed it. For me this seems like a lot. Back home our longest days were in the thirty mile range, now we do three digit runs with a touch of exhaustion before even start, knowing what it ahead, but knowing full well that we can do it. We had a few of the gooseneck bolts pull out of their attachment under way today with a full main up (can’t sail without needing to fix something right). The last bolt held though and we had no damage to the sail and it should be an easy fix. We also pulled off the last four inches on one of the genoa tracks when I had the main sheeted out to it to stop unintended gybes. Neither of these are serious. The gooseneck could have been a lot worse, but wasn’t and the genoa track isn’t used much back where it broke off. I’ll replace it when we reach a place where we can replace boat specific parts. I am still trying to buy some yellow diesel cans without a ton of luck. I saw the ones I want in La Paz, but they wanted $56 USD each for them. I have high hopes for Mazatlan or La Cruz. We are still pushing on quickly south to make it clear of the hurricane zone before June. We are writing an update that has more from the log and despite the continual promises we will get it out to you soon. The little posts are easier. They leave too much out though and most of the time we can’t add pictures. Internet access is not prolific. The best we usually have is a cell phone chip around the big towns. Go figure after weeks out I have access 50 miles out from Mazatlan. But all we write can’t make up for one or two well taken pictures. Ash has been filling up memory cards with pics and they tell a better story than we ever can. That said, I’ll try to attach a picture tonight even though the only things to see are the moon and the glow of the chartplotter. I wish I could convince one of the cameras to take an accurate picture of the water. It is amazing out here with the moon reflecting off of it. Often in the day the color is almost hard to believe, but as soon as you take a picture the waves are flat and the colors grey. Someday I will learn to get it right. It is hard to show depth on the water though and aside from the boat itself there is nothing to give a picture a sense of scale. Maybe I can force some sense of depth with my 50mm lens. Most of our pics are point and shoot. They type of trip we are on doesn’t make lugging around a big camera practical. Anyhow, more tomorrow. We hope you are all doing well. We are doing great,

Elan and Ashley