Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
Author: Jacob
We had a great few nights out at Isla Partida and Espiritu Santo, with frigate birds, boobies, sea turtles, and one morning the carcasses of about a thousand bugs that had clustered around our portholes in droves...and died. We also re-learned the piece of wisdom that it doesn't pay to be a small fish...chased from below by bigger fish, but also hunted from above by birds, not the greatest odds.
Unfortunately we are having an administrative problem with the minutes on our satellite phone (I know, serves me right for posting about how much we like this thing) and we need internet access to resolve this...so, we are back in La Paz for a day or two. We're not too upset about this, as it gives us the opportunity to eat some more arrachera and wait out the hopefully final bit of the current weather systems.
Dorado number two. This one was at the time a bit unwanted as it hit our hand line right as I finished cleaning the decks from the first dorado. However, the crew of Raven and China Girl graciously offered to assist, and the two fish fed all six of us two full meals (and then some!).
Cardonicito on Isla Partida
On the morning of my birthday we awoke to find that we had the anchorage completely to ourselves. Cruising the Sea of Cortez this time of year is great, as Caleta Partida will be packed later in the season.
On a random side note, we returned to La Paz, scoped out a good place to anchor, dropped and set the hook, and fired up the GPS to set a waypoint, only to find that we are literally 7 feet from where we anchored last year.
Lat 24 09' N, Long 110 20' W
Unfortunately we are having an administrative problem with the minutes on our satellite phone (I know, serves me right for posting about how much we like this thing) and we need internet access to resolve this...so, we are back in La Paz for a day or two. We're not too upset about this, as it gives us the opportunity to eat some more arrachera and wait out the hopefully final bit of the current weather systems.
Dorado number two. This one was at the time a bit unwanted as it hit our hand line right as I finished cleaning the decks from the first dorado. However, the crew of Raven and China Girl graciously offered to assist, and the two fish fed all six of us two full meals (and then some!).
Cardonicito on Isla Partida
On the morning of my birthday we awoke to find that we had the anchorage completely to ourselves. Cruising the Sea of Cortez this time of year is great, as Caleta Partida will be packed later in the season.
On a random side note, we returned to La Paz, scoped out a good place to anchor, dropped and set the hook, and fired up the GPS to set a waypoint, only to find that we are literally 7 feet from where we anchored last year.
Lat 24 09' N, Long 110 20' W
2 comments:
Happy Birthday Jacob!
Happy Birthday, Jacob. We should have celebrated with a hot dog at #1.
Hope all issues got resolved and you are sailing away from La Paz soon (again)!