We had a VERY quiet night, no swells, no wind, not particularly cold or hot. Great sleep! We got up around 7 am, had breakfast of cereal and banana nut bread and then left at about 9am for Man of War Cove in Bahia Magdalena (Mag Bay) a short day we tried to sail, but there was still no wind. We noted that the current through the entrance to Mag Bay was very strong, like 3+ knots out. We were doing 5.5 – 6 knots through the water, and 2 knots speed over ground. We motored up to the cove, and had issues with our instruments. The autopilot/chart plotter lost the connection from the primary chart plotter (at the Nav Station) to the one at the helm, this causes it to stop following the route, as the route (apparently) relies on the primary maps. Anyway, we rebooted the autopilot and the radar a couple of times, and it might be ok. We will see tomorrow. Renee’ caught a Bonito today (tuna?) small, enough for dinner. Very tasty!
We expected to have to go ashore and check in here, but there is no port captain, so no check in. Merry Lee and Lost Pearl both went ashore to check in and let us know about the port captain. We are expecting another very quiet night. Not sure if we will stay here another night, or leave in the morning. The next trip is 200 miles. We are not looking forward to that.
We went over to visit with Ed and Katie on the Wild Blue a 1999 Island Packet 45. We spent about an hour there. Ed is a famous kayaker, he has kayaked from California to Hawaii, and took 63 days to do it. They have had an ocean kayaking school, he has kayaked most of the west coast down into South America. It was interesting to see the differences between the two boats. Our is a center cockpit, and theirs is an aft cockpit which accounts for much of the difference. Also, they have a fully battened mainsail that is not roller furling. They replaced all of their standing rigging in San Diego just before making this trip. Casey at Pacific Offshore Rigging was involved. They also replaced much of their running rigging as well. They had their mast out for this project. While their boat is about the same size as ours, they have a smaller engine, a 60 horse power Yanmar, we have a 75 hours power Yanmar. Theirs appears to a low RPM engine, 1500 to 2000 vs ours at 3200-3400. Their engine room is a bit smaller than ours, and they don’t have room for the generator in the engine room.
On the other hand, the cupboard/wine rack behind the table is deeper and wider on their boat, I think the wood has a richer/darker look on their boat.
We gave Lost Pearl water tonight, and discussed going to San Carlos on the other side of Mag Bay. It is a panga ride from here to there and back. $100 round trip for as many as fit in the panga, over in the morning head back around noon. If 8 of us went, it would be $25/boat. Another option is to use our dinghy and motor over. 9 miles or so each way. I am not crazy about that idea. If we take a sailboat over there, it requires paying for the anchorage, and a full check in with the harbor captain, etc. We are not sure how much It costs to anchor, just know that it is free here, and also most other places. I just took a look across the bay to San Carlos. It is a long way.
We will see tomorrow night we are planning to play cars with the other guys.