Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Back in Baja 2014

Back in Baja 2014


We were finally on our way again.  Rich put the watermaker back together with the new parts and everything works great.  The boat moves along much faster than the last couple of years due to the new paint and spotlessly clean bottom and prop.  By the way, Cathy polished the entire prop by herself, and it looks and works great. 


Cathy's prop work.  This is before we painted, of course!

We left San Carlos at first light and headed due south to bay at San Juanico.  We had a lot of friends anchored there and it was only about a 14 hour trip.  We knew this place well enough that we could anchor here under radar in total darkness. 


Leaving just before sunrise

Our friends Dale and Dina on Double Dahrma saw our nav lights coming in and radioed to let us know whose light was who, and where there was the most room.  We were surprised to find that we anchored quite a bit further away from everyone that we thought, but better safe than sorry!  In the morning we pulled up anchor and found a nice spot protected behind some islands near Tortuga. 


Nice spot to anchor

Marilyn organized a Halloween dinghy raft up, where everyone brought food and drinks and tied our dinghies together in a nice cove.  Some kids on a nearby boat came by for trick or treats.  Our friends on Joss were also here, but they were very sick with stomach issues, and spent their time resting on the boat.  We can all sympathize as everyone gets sick down here sooner or later. 


Dinghy ride to a good snorkeling reef


Water temp was nice and warm, but our dive skins let you stay in the water a little longer



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