We woke up at about 6:30, got it together and ran ashore for breakfast and internet. That was 2-3 hours of internet and moderately good breakfast, at least there were no crowds to fight with. We were the only ones in the restaurant besides the cook and waiter. We headed back to the boat about 10:30 or 11, and got underway by 11 am.
We had checked the weather, and it was supposed to be very calm. Wind speeds 5 – 10 knots. This is kind of important, as we have to go north west through a channel between the mainland and an island. These tend to funnel the wind, making it higher than what is felt outside the channel. While out, we of course ran the water maker, and even though the planned anchorage was only about 7 or 8 miles away from the town, we had to go around a bunch of small islands, as there are rocks in-between them. While out in the channel, we discovered that rather than the expected low wind, we had 25 to 30 knots with gusts to 40+, which always kicks up the waves, so it was a rough 4 hours or so, going north around the island/volcano. The view was awesome! The ride was not much fun. We had taken the long way around to run the water maker, and when we came back to where the anchorage(s) were, we had a chance to say “No, we are going back where we were last night”. Since it was only an hour more to go back where we started.
While looking at this (with disgust) I checked the iridium for text messages and email. There was one email, and it was from Salvador the guy who runs Puerto Peñasco boat yard, where we are planning to get hauled out. He let us know that the port is closed, and that he was able to get one boat in based on the “humanity card” as they are close and lost their engine. This means that we are not going to Puerto Peñasco right away. We had planned on being there in about a week, maybe less and to sit out whatever quarantine they had. Well, back to plan “B” of course, we don’t have it written out yet, but a soft sort of idea is starting to form.
We think we will check out Santa Rosalia, it is about 120 miles south, had a fair marina with low rates, good internet/cell service on the boat, a supermarket within walking distance, propane (we need that) also within walking distance, and low rates for the slips (that is a good thing as well). Of course it is too late to get a hold of anyone there today (5 pm) So, we will call first thing in the morning. Assuming we are heading there, there is one place to stop on the way south, San Francisquito about 45 miles south of here, then a bit more than 70 miles to get to Santa Rosalia, so two travel days to get there. The problem is not going south, it will be coming back here, as the prevailing wind is from the north. While it will be two days to get there, and fairly pleasant (if long) days, it will be two days of bashing north into the waves and wind to come back. Not something I am looking forward too. Last time we crossed from Santa Rosalia to Guaymas, then went north to Isla Tiburon (Shark Island) then crossed back to the west side to San Francisquito. Guaymas is an option to sit this virus out, but not a first choice.
In anywise, we are back in the harbor at Bahia Los Angeles, wind speed was still in the high 20’s as we dropped anchor, but the harbor is fairly protected, at least for waves. Tomorrow we will probably go ashore for lunch and internet again. We will see. At least Renee’ will go ashore at some point, as the books she had downloaded onto her phone disappeared (again). This has been an ongoing problem, she checks the books out from the library, and should have them for about 3 weeks, somewhere along the line, either the program gets closed, or an update happens or she holds her nose wrong, or the wind blows and poof! The books are gone again. She made sure to download the books yesterday and today they were gone. So, back to the Internet cafe to get the books back again.
We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a sport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.
If you want to know where we are, click this link:
https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Make_Me_Laugh_Again
