Ferry heading into the terminal at sunrise on Monday, November 28

This morning, we got Kosmos ready for sea and lifted anchor at 1000. It was a two hour ride to Playa La Bonanza, located on the east side of Isla Espiritu Santo.

The anchorage was a stunning perfect crescent with sparkling white sand against a backdrop of hills. Looking towards the north end of the anchorage.

Looking at the south end

It also had nice views across the Canal de San Lorenzo to Isla Cerralvo and the tip of the La Paz peninsula (where Playa Tecolote was).

We were surprised to see that there was only one other boat in the anchorage. It wasn’t as calm as we’d hoped it would be. It was more pitchy than rolly, but Eric put out one flopper stopper anyways (flopper stoppers don’t dampen pitching, just rolling).

We never went to shore. While we were in Playa Pichilingue, we had been busy and off the boat a lot. We spent the rest of the day taking care of things that had been pushed to the side. Here was the sunset under the crescent moon. To the left is Isla Cerralvo. In this picture, the southern edge of Playa Bonanza runs together with the tip of the peninsula, making it appear as one land mass.

Sun rising on Tuesday behind Isla Cerralvo

We had chosen this anchorage because we thought it would be protected from today’s wind, but It was a bit rolly. Eric and Keith felt like they were fighting a cold. They didn’t feel like going to shore or swimming, so they wound up having a day of (mostly) rest. The lack of interest in doing anything may have been exacerbated by the rolling, which tends to make us lethargic.

Eric did do a couple of projects. While we were in La Paz, he had bought a replacement freshwater pump. He pre-wired the new pump so that it is ready to install whenever our existing pump dies. He also put the bigger swivels on the paravanes.

Christi spent the entire day holed up in the boat working on a project connected to land life in California.

Sunset under the crescent moon

That night, the wind shifted to come from the north, a direction that we had little protection from in this anchorage. It was a rolly night