Sailing to the Revillagigedo Islands
S/V Second Wind - Photo by Chuck This Tayana 37 is a beautiful and seaworthy vessel ...and my home for 18 days! Second Wind at Anchor - Photo by Chuck I've been on quite an adventure! I still can't believe that just a couple weeks ago I was swimming with sea turtles in the bay of a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. I'm very new to sailing - I just took sailing lessons two months before this cruise - so I really had no clue what to expect. It was challenging but also so incredibly exciting! Overall the sailing part was not too difficult. We had autopilot and favorable winds so mostly we just trimmed the sails now and then. And I didn't touch them unless I was told to! We did one jibe and no tacks during the entire 13 days at sea. I learned so much about sailing! And I know I've barely scratched the surface but this trip sure piqued my interest in sailing. I can't wait to learn even more. While I did feel insecure about my ability to crew, I kno