Up at 6:30, breakfast, bible reading and we talked to Miguel and moved the boat to a different slip (we have been in the one we moved to, it is pretty close to the shrimp boats, and we don’t really fit, too wide and too long. However, the end tie we were in does not have power or water. Reneé walked to the store for an avocado, and I went and got the truck and trailer.Then the real work starts. Unloading the boat into the trailer. We moved the kayak and the paddle board first.
At the end of the day, both of us were pretty exhausted.
We went to the BBQ place here in town for dinner, awesome rib sandwiches!
A very rare picture! Reneé got this from the dock as I was moving the boat from one dock to another, she was waiting for the boat to tie us up.
We arrived at the buoy outside Puerto Peñasco at 10:50, high tide is 10:58, this was about perfect. We tied up with out help at 11:30. We asked for the marina to provide help and direction as to which slip, getting none, we took the end tie and will move when there is less wind.
After a quick bite, we are going to get a nap. Other than shrimp boats, and maybe one whale, it was a very uneventful trip. Just long.
Up at about 6 am, no particular reason, just when we woke up. Breakfast, Bible reading and looking at the weather. We are still on for leaving this afternoon for Puerto Peñasco. This morning is pretty calm, no wind and flat seas. It is supposed to be a little windy this afternoon. We will see.
Reneé did some meal preparation for the overnight run. When. She was done in the kitchen, I checked oil and water on the engine and the generator. We have a small sea water leak on the generator again, I will have to see if I can find it one of these times when I am running it. Otherwise, everything was fine. I did add a little oil and a little engine coolant to the main engine.
I also checked the fire extinguishers, I read somewhere the requirement to change them every 3 years changed to monthly inspections and shaking of the bottle. We have 4 installed around the boat. There have been a couple of posts lately about emergency planning on a boat. I believe I will write a separate post about that.
Yesterday we talked about running a load of laundry, specifically sheets. But decided against it as the sheets normally get washed once a week, and while that would be today, we are not going to be sleeping in them tonight. So, it will wait until we get into Puerto Peñasco.
We tried to take it easy and get a nap in the afternoon.
We pulled up the anchor and we were underway at almost exactly 4 pm. It was a long night, wind speed was variable, and generally less than 12 knots, we put out the main and shortly after I laid down for a nap with Reneé driving, the wind was up to 17 knots. As it was getting dark, she asked me to help. We took in the main and the wind dropped back to about 10 knots. We left the main down.
We motored all night, we had moon light from sundown until about 3 am, and a fleet of shrimp (fishing boats to our west) about the time the moon went down the fishing boats disappeared.
This is me, a favorite place to enjoy the dayJust another sunsetThis shows where we are at the momentThis is the radar display showing the shrimp fleet
Up a little after 6 am, underway by 7 am. For the first couple of miles, we had some wind, up to 16 knots. Then down to 2-3 knots. Another motorboat ride.
We had breakfast underway and bible reading.
By 10 am back to 14 knots now from the west. We’re in the narrow place between the peninsula and Isla de La Guarda.
There were no surprises as we pulled into Refugio and anchored in about 40 feet of water. There are 4 other boats here:
We anchored at about 2:45. There’s a Catamaran In the next bay east of us. The Catamaran that was in Don Juan the other day SV Snow Leopard, the sail boat with the blue hull SV Palomita and the Catamaran SV Divergent are all three anchored in the passage to the north side as you come into the big bay. So, only 5 boats here now.
We have a light breeze 4 to 5 knots.
Water temp is 62.7 degrees (chilly!)
The plan is to leave 4 pm or so tomorrow. It’s 106 miles straight to Puerto Peñasco. Tide swings are significant there (22 feet). At low tide we can’t go in. High tide is around noon Sunday. about We travel at a little better than 6 knots. So, if we leave at 4 we should be there around noon the next day. Going into the harbor at high tide.
The view going into RefugioThe view going into RefugioThe view going into Refugio
Up at 6:30, it’s cold and relatively calm. We slept well. The heater in our room really helps. But it does take quite a bit of battery power.
We had breakfast and told Mike, Joe and Jenna that we were staying one more day.
After lunch, we kayaked ashore, Joe and Jenna went on paddle boards, and Mike took his dinghy. Then we hiked over to the Sea and back total of about 3 miles. Followed by kayaking back to the boat. Of course the return trip was against the wind.
While getting the kayak organized, I got the tip of my right pinky finger between the kayak and the boat. I think I broke my finger. I am writing this the next day, it’s a little swollen and purple with bruises. I am glad that it was this finger, not the pointer finger.
Of course after we got the dinghy put away the wind died down.
We ran the generator, got showers and dinner then bed.
Neil, Mike, Reneé, Jenna, Joe SV Make Me Laugh Again, SV Offlander, SV Mi Canción
