Voyaging with Velella: Mexico and Turtle Bay

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9:35 PM Sat 27 Nov 2010 GMT

'Voyaging with Velella - down the Baja coast' SY Velella

While most sailing in the northern hemisphere is drawing to a close, the Caribbean is the place to find clear weather, balmy seas and hundreds of fellow cruisers. Meghan Cleary, writer-at-large from the American Sailing Association, is voyaging through the tropical waters of Americas, and is with her partner Prescott and their kitten Nessie on their yacht Velella: We entered Mexican waters over a week ago*, but it wasn't until yesterday that we actually set foot on shore in Bahia de Tortugas for our first $1 cervezas on the beach.* Offshore, there was little to distinguish the coast from that ...

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by Meghan Cleary, American Sailing Association

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