Bahia Drake, Costa Rica
We stayed in Bahia Rincon for one more beautiful day. We had a couple of dolphins pay us a visit, feeding around the boat - always entertaining.
We found a little restaurant along the road and had a belated birthday lunch for Susanne, then I let her get some much-needed practice with rowing the dinghy around. It has been so calm and peaceful, we have not even been tempted to put the outboard on.
Yesterday, around 2PM, we upped anchor and made our overnight passage to Bahia Drake. We managed to sail, close hauled, for a total of 14 miles as we were making our way out of the entrance channel to Golfo Dulce, but we motored for all of the rest of the 82 mile journey around the peninsula. We had lots of fun dodging 3 small cruise ships, a handful of large fishing vessels and a few rain squalls, all of it done on a pitch dark moonless and mostly windless night. At one point the motion, fighting our way against the tide out of the last part of the channel, was bad enough that my crew was sick.
This morning, we found ourselves in the anchorage here in Bahia Drake. We were here last year in the company of several other cruising sailboats. This year, there is not another pleasure craft in sight. Not sure why exactly.
This anchorage is quite a bit more exposed than the ones we have grown accustomed to. We are rocking and rolling around somewhat - takes a bit of getting used to. We will probably only stay for one more day, mostly to catch up on the sleep we missed last night, before pushing on to the town of Quepos, further north along the coast.
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| Looking north towards Quepos |
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