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I SAILED "TO" ENSENADA on an ISLANDER FREEPORT 41' - EP97
19 de abril de 2026 · 22 min · 3K visualizações · off the coast of Southern California, near San Clemente Island
Islander Freeport 41 sailing at dusk toward Ensenada
O que este vídeo aborda
Andy sails from San Pedro to Ensenada aboard Shearwater, an Islander Yachts Freeport 41 owned by skipper Mark, as a crew member alongside Trevor and Mike.0:43 The passage departs Cabrillo Way Marina on a Friday morning, crosses the shipping lanes south of Long Beach, and runs the coast overnight, arriving at Baja Naval Marina around noon Saturday — roughly 24 hours underway. Watch rotations run two hours on, six hours off among four crew.7:39 The Freeport 41's four-sail ketch rig (main, mizzen, staysail, and genoa) pushes the boat to seven knots in good breeze; wind dies overnight and the engine supplements.5:20 Trevor's AIS receiver fails en route; a backup handheld VHF with AIS covers the gap — critical because Mexican fishing boats frequently run without lights or AIS.5:41 The route: cross the shipping lane, hug the coast with Catalina and San Clemente to starboard, pass outside the Coronado Islands, then aim for the LPG plant as a landmark, split Todos Santos island and the peninsula down the middle, and enter Ensenada harbor at the first set of channel buoys — not the breakwater corner — to avoid oncoming traffic.10:49 At Baja Naval, Trevor hauls out and discovers hull blisters requiring barrier coat work.19:27 The return to the US costs $10 by bus to skip the pedestrian border line, clearing customs in 15–20 minutes.21:09 Andy frames the trip explicitly as a reconnaissance run before bringing his own boat south.10:33
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