Punta Chivato to Santispac, Dec. 5
We slept in until about 10:30 and headed for Santispac in the Bay of Conception. We knew the weather window was short and wanted to get to a good, safe anchorage quickly.
We sailed off the hook and headed south with a following wind. The seas were moderate and the wind about 15 knots. After a time, the seas developed and we were able to sail, wing and wing south before the wind surfing along the waves. Click here to see a video. When we came abreast of the town of Mulegé, we were able to get cell coverage and for about 20 minutes we sent texts and calls letting everyone know we had made safe passage. We sailed into the Bay of Conception in early afternoon and after a few miles we slipped between Punta Piedrita and Isla Pitahaya and took anchorage in Playa Santispac to the northwest.
This anchorage is well protected from the northerlies that were starting to blow the next day and had a good sand bottom for anchoring. Chris rowed ashore and hiked up the hill to get his traditional areal pictures of our anchorage. On the way he came across several middens, but found no artifacts.
We sailed off the hook and headed south with a following wind. The seas were moderate and the wind about 15 knots. After a time, the seas developed and we were able to sail, wing and wing south before the wind surfing along the waves. Click here to see a video. When we came abreast of the town of Mulegé, we were able to get cell coverage and for about 20 minutes we sent texts and calls letting everyone know we had made safe passage. We sailed into the Bay of Conception in early afternoon and after a few miles we slipped between Punta Piedrita and Isla Pitahaya and took anchorage in Playa Santispac to the northwest.
This anchorage is well protected from the northerlies that were starting to blow the next day and had a good sand bottom for anchoring. Chris rowed ashore and hiked up the hill to get his traditional areal pictures of our anchorage. On the way he came across several middens, but found no artifacts.
That night we were visited by dolphins circling the boat chasing fish. Late that evening when Chris got up to check the anchor, the sky was full of stars and Venus was impossibly bright, mostly because Venus turned out to be a masthead light! Lesson learned' guess not.