Last night when we went to bed there were exactly three boats in the bay (including us) but each time over the night we did an anchor check more boats were piling into the harbor. By the time I got up at 6am to turn our anchor light off and start the coffee, there were 14 new boats anchored and about 5 more wandered in throughout the day. It turns out there's some coastal race on from somewhere in SoCal to Puerto Vallarta--at least that's what we have gleaned through listening to their radio communication on channel 16. It's blowing like stink here and a couple of boats left the harbor, presumably to try their luck at finding a more sheltered anchorage in Mag Bay around the corner. We watched one of the racers weigh anchor, motor out away from shore, pop their chute and promptly shred it within 5 secs of having it up. I hope they have a spare for the rest of the downwind run!

Weather forecast is for continued wind through the weekend reaching gale force over the next day or two. We are happily tucked into the anchorage and will stay here relaxing, having fun and exploring the area until the wind moderates but I'm sure these racers will be off into the gale. Best of luck to them!

Sent by Julia via Jacob's blog-link.