[PUP] Relay from another passagemaker

[bob Austin]

I am forewarding a post from a Cheoy Lee 52 which left the Florida Gulf Coast
about a year ago and is now in the La Paz area, via the Galapagos and Equidor.
This is their most recent posting,  redacted to remove personal information:

> February, 19th we left Puerto Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos for the
> 2,100 nautical mile trip directly to La Paz, Mexico.  Our 15 day voyage was
an
> adventure and a success.  It's our longest voyage ever, and could be the
> second longest of a circumnavigation.  The highlight of the voyage, if you
> can call it that, was the weather for the last five days.  We pure got the
> snot beat out of us.  None of the weather predictions picked up on it
> until it was over.  We got sandwiched between a very strong high pressure to
the
> west, and a very strong low to the east.  That gave us two days of gale
> force winds out of the north, and three days of near gale force.  We had
> waves consistently to 15 feet and occasionally to 20 feet.  We took green
> water over the bow three times.  That has never happened to us before.
> There was no place to run for shelter.  Moon Angel is one tough little
> ship.
>
> When we arrived near La Paz, we anchored for three days in a protected
> cove to rest, clean up, and dry out before going into Marina Costabaja, La
Paz
> for formal check in.  This last week we've done a bunch of maintenance
work,
> especially projects that are made easier by having a dock to work from.
> We discovered that, while not severe, the damage from the Captain Soto
> incident was more extensive than previously evaluated.  I spent two of the
work
> days re-attaching and strengthening a section of the swim platform.
>
> Our plan is to leave La Paz Wednesday and head back out to the islands.
> We'll probably spend the rest of April in the Sea of Cortez and then use
> May to work our way up the Pacific coast to Ensenada.  This plan will put
us
> north of the Pacific hurricane belt by the June 1st start of the season.

>From all I can find out, this is a "off the shelf", mid 80's Cheoy Lee 52
motor yacht--not the larger 55 Long Range Cruiser" I believe that the power is
cat 3208's NA.


Bob Austin