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It does help a lot to have someone aboard who speaks Spanish. Of course a majority of folk speak some English, but it just soothes things when you’re at the checkpoints and being sussed out by the Federales. While Mike and I were there to sail, of course it wasn’t windy all the time. No wind gives the chance to surf the break and help your timing for the sailing days, so we were out there paddling around as often as we could.