4/ 23/2011……….Isla San Francisco to Punta San Evaristo




Up at six, coffee & cinnimon roll down the hatch and everything secured by eight and we are headed out for Punta San Evaristo, via Punta Salinas (salt point). This time we left early enough to catch the morning wind. As we left the anchorage the wind was at seven knots, so I let the jib fly. There were several other sailboats out already with jibs out. Life is good. That lasted about a half hour and the wind took a hike to parts unknown, leaving us in the dust, so to speak. It was dead calm until we started to anchor off of Punta Salinas. As soon as I dropped the hook the wind started to come in from the south with a vengeance. Coming in with it of course, were the white capped waves. This would be of no concern except we were on a leeward shore. These conditions could get serious if we were off the boat. So it was, pull up the anchor and head across the channel to Punta San Evaresto. Of course the wind, fickle bitch that she is, took a hike once again. We said the hell with it and sailed in, crawling along at a literal snail’s pace.

Since we had skipped our planed excursion to explore the abandoned salt company buildings and equipment, we had plenty of time to spare. Once anchored, we rowed the dinghy to shore and were pleasantly surprised to find the small Tienda so well stocked. They even had my favorite Mexican cookie, Emperador brand Vainilla Cremosa. They’re kind of like a square, vanilla flavored Oreo. No one here speaks a lick of English, but we got by just fine at the Tienda. We purchased some eggs, augua mineral, salsa, viena sausages, and of course my cookies.

Tomorrow we will head for Bahia Aqua Verde, non stop this time. It lies on the mainland side of Baja Sur. It is supposed to be a very beautiful anchorage. I’m sure it will live up to its name and reputation. I will take more photos. That’s about it for today. I guess now that I’m finished catching up the blog, I’ll just have to take the rest of the day off! Whew!