Voyaging with Velella - San Blas to La Paz

6:27 AM Sun 20 Mar 2011 GMT

'Velella on her way' Meghan Cleary

Continuing the 'Voyaging with Velella' series by American Sailing Association ( ASA ) writer-at-large Meghan Cleary. Meghan, her fiance Prescott, and their kitten Nessie are on a planned 9-month cruise in the tropics. Last week, after over three months living on the lush tropical coast of mainland Mexico, it felt strange to be leaving it for good. We spent a couple of nights sleeping soundly in the gloriously still estuary at San Blas, surrounded by complete peace. The morning of our departure was hazy; the water still as glass, broken only by pelicans. The sails hung like rags and we drifted. ...

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by Meghan Cleary, American Sailing Association

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