Published 05/06/2025
Well, that was not a very good night’s sleep! The wind was not really high maybe 12-15 knots, and the swells were 1-2 feet, but the wind was from the west, and the swells from the south. The wind kept the boat sideways to the swells, which made for a very rolley night. We watched the weather, checking a variety of apps, and listened to the cruisers net (channel 74 at 8 am). I moved to the settee in the middle of the night. Our bed is at an angle, but is basically across the beam of the boat, so as we rolled we were head up then down. The settee runs the same direction as the keel, so with the rolls it’s more like rocking. We had breakfast and did our bible reading in the morning. After lunch we moved from Lalo cove to the marina.
Our first thought on hearing which slip we were going to was, great! It is near the end of the first dock as you enter the marina. But, when we approached it there was a current and significant wind. It also appeared to be too narrow for us. So, we went back to the anchorage near the marina.
We anchored near SV Blue Pearl a 65 foot ketch, a beautiful boat. Jessica and Chris, we met in Puerto Penasco several years ago. They are just putting their boat up for sale.
They are scheduled to take our slip a couple of days after we haul out. When they heard we were concerned about the size of the slip he got down his dinghy (15 ft, 30 hp center console – big) to go in and measure as their boat is bigger than ours. I rode in with him we measured and realized it was plenty big enough just the 54’ boat next to it was being blown away from the dock at the stern so it looked narrow at the opening of the slip. We went to the office as Chris also wanted to pay for his slip and yard time coming up etc. I checked us in, got gate keys etc. we also coordinated with the office, and they will take our slip the day we leave rather than several days later. On the way back we used the depth gauge on his dinghy to explore options for getting into this slip.
Afterwards, we went back to our boats and checked the wind, we decided to try again in the morning.
We watched a movie after dinner, it was a very calm night.
