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SolMate and fleet at Isla Isabel

21° 31 N
105° 14 W

A few days ago SolMate left the marginal protection of Caleta Isabela for San Blas, about 17 miles SE. Two other sailboats left at the same time: Black Dog and CastAway.

There was a thick haze on the water, more like a fog made out of thin gruel rather than pea soup. Our destination (all of us were going to the same place) could not be seen.

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It’s been a challenge for me getting my daily dose of news of the world while cruising on Mexico’s Pacific coast aboard SV SolMate.

Sometimes we are within the magic radius of a sufficiently strong Wifi signal and then all my news subscriptions via RSS come streaming in courtesy of our terrific external Wifi antenna. But more often than not the bulk of my news comes from ham networks such as Amigo Net.

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