Getting to the point

Punto Chivato, BCS, Mexico

We have finally escaped from Bahia Concepcion!



Bertha's at El Burro

This morning, with plans to travel no further than Bahia Santo Domingo at the entrance to Bahia Concepcion, we hoisted our outboard onto the back rail of the boat, stowed the dinghy on deck, said goodbye to Playa El Burro and Bertha's restaurant, and got underway around 9:15AM.
Listening to the weather report from one of the cruiser's nets on the Ham radio, we decided that it might be more prudent to carry on out of the bay and north to Punta Chivato instead - only about 23 miles altogether.  The forecast winds from the NE would be better handled at Chivato Point, or so we thought.

We did some motor sailing with just the genoa flying and made good time across the shallow bay of Santo Ines.  We had the anchor down in about 15 feet of water by 1:30PM, in a small, somewhat protected, indentation formed by Punto Mezquitito, upon which sites a fancy resort.  As usual, we are the only boat here and there does not seem to be much life evident at the resort right beside us, or at any of the fancy homes that line this bay.  On the plus side, we have a good cell phone signal here for the first time since La Paz, and that means Internet!  Brutally slow Internet but Internet nonetheless.

As for out choice of anchorage; the wind has died and we seem to be in a good spot if any north winds come up in the night, however there seems to be SE swell getting into our little nook and we are most likely in for a rolly polly night.  Win some, lose some...

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