Jessica Reilly – Climate Change and the Sea

Update from Puerto Escondido

  • September 4, 2015
  • Jessica Reilly

We arrived in Puerto Escondido last night, a large natural harbor. It was my first good night of sleep since leaving La Paz; even the lightning storm that cruised by in the night couldn’t keep me away. (This was our first night with no swell or wind waves to toss us around inside the boat while

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Update from Agua Verde

  • August 28, 2015
  • Jessica Reilly

We are anchored at Agua Verde, just 23 nautical miles south of Puerto Escondido. This place is called Agua Verde for its turquoise waters–but it must have been named in the winter, since the hot summer water seems to have made the bay truly green. We haven’t ventured to the tiny town yet, as we

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Update from the Sea of Cortez

  • August 23, 2015
  • Jessica Reilly

We had an amazing trip to Isla Pardito, one of the few inhabited islands in the Sea of Cortez. The island is less than 1/16th of a mile across and the cement block, thatch roofed houses are all stuffed onto the westward slope. There are four families who have lived there for five generations.  I

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Hull Scrub

  • July 30, 2015
  • Jessica Reilly

Josh and I take the boat to Bahía Falsa just outside of La Paz to scrape the underwater jungle off of the hull. Most likely the hull will never get this overgrown again during our trip. La Paz has a reputation for growing forests on boat hulls, plus sailing keeps it cleaner. Perhaps El Niño

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Rays in Flight

  • July 2, 2015
  • Jessica Reilly

Enjoy this video shot by Fellow Jessica Reilly featuring a group of rays “flying” out of the ocean.  Through video Jessica shares with us a glimpse of some of the spectacular sights that can be found at sea.

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