On Thursday (November 10) the long-promised strong winds from the north finally arrived. It was a noticeably cool wind. The anchorage was nice and calm.
We went to shore at lunch time. Our first goal was to check out the market, so we landed the dinghy in front of a cluster of buildings towards the northern part of the bay. The cruising guide had indicated the market was here.
Sunrise on Wednesday, November 9. The full moon was still high in the sky and shining bright.
We are sad to report that we had another uncomfortable night. Unfortunately, the flopper stopper got caught on the shackle and wasn’t working properly. Even after Eric fixed and redeployed the flopper stopper, it was still rolly.
When Christi went outside to watch the sunrise, the few uncovered spots on her body were attacked. We were all feeling lethargic and grouchy from the rocking. Most of the boats in the anchorage left.
In more bad news, the forecast had changed again. The winds were supposed to change direction early in the morning, but now the forecast said it wouldn’t change until the early afternoon. Even if the wind really did change direction, it take several hours for the swells to die down, so it was going to be miserably rocky all day.
Continue readingThe first thing that Eric did when he got back up on Tuesday (November 8) was to go check the dinghy for damage. He was horrified to see that there were two large holes in the side. Fortunately, they were up high enough that no water got in.
He saw there was also damage to the seat in the middle of the dinghy.
Sunrise on Monday, November 7
We got up early, did the last minute things to get Kosmos ready for sea, and pulled up anchor at 0620, as the sky began to lighten in the pre-dawn glow. As you may have noticed in the Bahia Agua Verde sunrise photos, while we got to see the beautiful dawn colors, we didn’t actually get to see the sun peek up over the horizon. After we turned the corner out of the bay, we saw the sun peeking out.
The seas were mostly calm, though we did turn on the active-fin stabilizers because of a small swell. The skies were dotted with white fluffy clouds.
We arrived at the northeastern anchorage in Isla San Francisco at about 1530 (3:30 pm). From the distance, the anchorage was stunning. It was a perfect crescent shape, with dazzling aquamarine blue water lapping up against a white sand beach.
Continue readingOn Sunday morning (November 6), we were not in a good mood when we woke up. As we’d mentioned in yesterday’s post, the motion in the anchorage was uncomfortable, and the discomfort lasted all night. None of us slept well.
The wind picked up again fairly early in the morning, this time coming from the south, where we had good protection from the swells. By mid-morning, the anchorage was calm enough that our moods improved.
The last few days we’d headed to the sand bar instead of the village because the sand bar was protected from the swell and safe to land at, while the village was exposed to the swell and dangerous to land at. With the swells gone, it was safe to go to the village again.
Our first stop was the restaurant at the end of the beach. It was owned by a husband and wife. The wife did all the cooking while the husband chatted with us. Thanks to our broken Spanish, we missed a lot of what he said, which was probably interesting and useful. Several people came and went. We sensed they were family members stopping by for a Sunday visit.
