Puerto Don Juan, BC, Mexico
What a difference a couple of days can make.
Our two nights at San Francisquito were a rocky and rolly trial. The wind blew from a variety of directions, from East, SE, SW, West and even NW at times. There did not appear to be much swell but what there was kept us either rocking from end to end or rolling back and forth alternately as the boat sailed around as it is wont to do whenever the wind blows. Our anchorage was very secure but we found it hard to get much sleep due to the motion. We thought about trying to get into the smaller inner bay (Cala San Francisquito) which was more sheltered, but there were already several boats in there and it is a very small bay.
When we left San Francisquito, we were determined to find an anchorage with a better chance of calm seas, which really left only one alternative - Puerto Don Juan - about 46 miles further to the north-west. With this in mind, we left early, around 7:30AM, so we would have time to do some sailing.
For whatever reason, we had virtually no wind (nothing over 5 knots) for the entire day, so we ended up just motoring the whole way, arriving in Puerto Don Juan around 2:30PM - a very fast passage for us.
Being only 7 miles from the village of Bahia de Los Angeles, we are now effectively as far north as we planned to go for this hurricane season. Now we just have to figure out what to do with ourselves for the next couple of months. Note: We were the only boat in the anchorage when we arrived and, so far, only one other boat has come in after us (coincidently, also from Nanaimo). We suspect that the bulk of the boats are currently just around the corner at La Mona, where they are going to have some sort of full moon party tomorrow - not sure it is our cup of tea though.
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