Dec 9 Monday, Last night in San Juanico (updated)

So, we are here for a couple of days. We expect some serious weather to blow through from the north, which should be ok as there is a pretty big land mass north of us. The weather is currently hot and calm. We will see what else we get. We area having Mike and Lai-Lani from the boat Aloha over this afternoon for cocktails and snacks. We have been playing tag down the coast for the last couple of weeks.

We all looked at the weather while we were ashore, and the Merry Lee and the Lost Pearl are planning on heading out Tuesday Morning, we will head out Tuesday late afternoon. We will motor/sail maintaining 6+ knots, they are a bit slower, and it is a long passage. The hope is we get there about the same time, mid day on Wednesday. We will see.

We had Mike and Leilani Costello from the S/V Aloha over for chips and salsa they brought guacamole very tasty! We talked about the boating life, they have been live aboards (retired) for 13 or 14 years. This trip is planned to go west. They are going slow and in no particular rush at all. Their boat is a Hanse 505. It is their 5th or 6th boat. We have not been aboard yet. I would love to see it.

The other boats (Merry Lee and Lost Pearl) are having their Mario Cart night tonight. So, they did not miss being involved, nor did we need to be with them again.

I texted with Dave and my Mom about my uncle Gary. She had issues with getting information on his status. So, I am going to call her in a couple hours and see what she has been able to find out today.

We are sitting at the restaurant that has good food, cold beer and OK WiFi. We have 8 of us at the table, the two new people are Scott and Michelle, they are 2 of 3 of the crew of “Blind Faith” they are returning from the Baja Ha-Ha on their way north. There is a bit of wind, but nothing to be concerned about. We are still planning on leaving tomorrow night.

Still, no pictures. I will have a post when we get to Cabo (I hope).

We went back to our various boats, I ran some fasteners over to Mike on Aloha, and chatted with them for an hour or so. Then came back to our boat. Renee’ and I put the dinghy up, but elected to wait until tomorrow to put the cover on it as the wind was really blowing by then. I checked and it was at about 25 knots with gusts to 30. Josh on Merry Lee called on the radio, as his wind turbine was finally spinning in the wind. He does not know if it is actually putting any current out, but at least it is going the correct direction.

We had dinner, Renee’ made Torta’s (Mexican sandwiches) for dinner, and we ran the generator for an hour or so to charge the battery some more. Then we took showers and played a couple of card games. We are having a pretty quiet night and will have a pretty quiet day tomorrow until late afternoon when we set sail for Bahia Santa Maria about 100 miles south.

We are sitting here in the salon, listening to the wind howl. It is probably still 25-30 knots. We are not too worried about dragging anchor, as (unlike in Turtle Bay) we are anchored quite a way off shore, and there is nobody anchored near us. This means that if we do drag our anchor, there will be plenty of time to take action before we would interact with either another boat or some land feature (like the bottom, or a rock).

I sent an update out via the Satellite to some of the relatives as to what has happened with my uncle Gary in the last two days, and I got a response from my brother Dave and (a second cousin?) Susan as well.