(posted 02/19/24)
We were a bit late getting up, it is cold on the boat in the morning here. We did not sleep super well, as we need to find another blanket. Since we don’t have shore power here, we have no heat on the boat. The solar is doing a good job of keeping the batteries charged, but that doesn’t heat the boat, or the water heater. The plan going forward will be to run the generator for a half hour to heat the water to wash dishes and take showers in the evening. That has to be figured in to our fuel supplies. We have 160 gallons of diesel and we have two 5 gallon Jerry cans. Our engine or generator burn about a gallon an hour. There is no fuel dock here in Puerto Peñasco, and the next stop south where there is a fuel dock is Santa Rosalia, but…. The marina is being taken over by the Mexican Navy to run, and apparently there is an issue with paperwork so the fuel dock is closed until they get it fixed. The next fuel dock south is in Puerto Escondido, and they have about the most expensive fuel in Mexico! It is roughly 300 miles to Santa Rosalia and 450 to Puerto Escondido. When motoring we go about 6 miles an hour, and we don’t want to go straight there, as there are many anchorage’s between here and there.
The first 125 miles or so from here is straight out to Refugio on Isla Angel de La Guarda. We have not found any “great” places to drop anchor at the north end of the Sea of Cortez. This is about a 20 hour crossing. We will probably motor most of that, depending on the wind. Then continue south bouncing from one anchorage to another. As there are quite a few places to stop between there and Santa Rosalia.
At Santa Rosalia, even though the fuel dock is closed, there is a gas station about a block away, which means that we can haul our Jerry cans there and fill them and haul it back to the boat. Which is what we will probably do. We expect to take about 3 months to get to Puerto Vallarta which is about 1,000 miles south (straight line distance), so at a guess we will get to Santa Rosalia mid March, so the fuel dock might be open by then.
The coffee is ready, and breakfast will be soon, so I will add more later.
Today’s plans are to add Freon to the refrigerator. I have watched a couple of videos on doing this, and I have started, one thing the videos stressed was patience. For those that know me, that may be an issue. But, I am trying..
Low tide 11:43 AM 0.98 ft, next high tide 6:26 PM 10.47 ft. 9.49 ft difference. Biggest I have heard about here is 22 feet.
We went to the BBQ House for dinner. The owner knows how to sell his product. He took us in the back where the meat was slow cooking in the smoker. He gave us some pork rib right out of the smoker. We ordered the Valentine’s special…Brisket w/ two sides and cheesecake. It was delicious!
On the way back to the boat we met Joe and Jenna, from My Song. They purchased the boat from Mike Gingrich.
