Running North

San Evaristo, BCS, Mexico

After a miserable night in the Caleta Partida anchorage, we made a run some 30 miles north to the first more protected anchorage we could find, in San Evaristo on the Baja Peninsula. Since the Coromuel wind was still blowing strongly this morning, we decided to make an earlier start (OK, 9AM is probably not all that early but we were really tired after our restless night) and try and use this SW wind to help us on our way northward. The wind held for about 1-1/2 hours and we had a nice downwind sail at about 3.5 knots before the wind dropped off, and we ended up motoring the rest of the way. The wind stayed behind us, blowing at about 4 knots, which made it feel as if we had no wind at all and it got really hot in the cockpit in the afternoon.

We had elected to take our new bimini cover down when we are cruising but we may have to re-think this. Sue has not been sick on these shorter passages, but I think she got a bit of heat-stroke today. We need to make a point of eating and drinking more during these passages - it is too easy to just sit back and vegetate.

San Evaristo is a nice little anchorage with a quiet little fishing village. Very picturesque. There are about 6 or 8 other boats here so for a change we are not alone. Must mean this is a good place to hole up for a couple of days and catch up on our sleep. Maybe I can even try and figure out why our anchor windlass deck switch is not working any more.

On a more positive note, the autopilot if behaving itself wonderfully after my amateur repairs.

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