I loved Isla Espirtu Santo!!! It is awesome! There is a great hike. It has a bunch of rocks; I had to jump from one to another!
J’ai aimé Isla Espiritu Santo!!! C’était merveilleux! Il y avait une très belle balade qui avait beaucoup de rochers. J’ai dû sauter de rochers en rochers.
The crescent moon was also bright in the early light of Sunday, November 20. All the dots of light are boats in the anchorage. It was packed.
Sunrise
In the morning, Eric tried to fill another tank. It seemed a belt was slipping, so completely filling tanks still wasn’t viable.
Some boats close to the shore left, so we moved Kosmos closer to the shore for less fetch. Even though it was quite windy out, it was calm in our new spot.
Continue readingOn Friday, November 18, the crescent moon was still shining brightly even as the day dawned.
Oceananigans in the glow of sunrise
Eric was eager to refill the tanks and dive again, so he spent some time in the early morning working on the dive compressor. He took apart the part he believed to be broken to the best of his ability to see if it could be easily fixed, lubricated it and put it back together. Still not working. He gave it Mike on Oceananigans, who also took it apart to look at it. It sounds like Mike didn’t do anything much different than Eric did, but after he returned the part, the compressor was kind of working. However, there seems to be an issue with another part.
The wind died in the morning, and the tiny flies came out to the boat. The tiny flies didn’t bite, but they were super annoying as they tended to gravitate towards the eyes, ears and nose. We got Kosmos ready to go to sea and pulled up anchor at 10:45.
Continue readingFish activity around Kosmos the morning of Thursday, November 17
Eric had made plans to go diving along the big rock island with some of the Oceananigans crew. Diving the rock was even better than snorkeling it was. They saw an eel that was so big that it could be mistaken for a sea monster. The head was as big as a man’s torso.
Continue readingThe moon was still high in the sky and vibrant at the first light of dawn on Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Sunrise was dramatic
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