Bills visit

Bill arrived last Friday and we decided to stay in Puerto Escondido Saturday. Sunday afternoon we sailed to Loreto and anchored off the beach. Some friends of Dales were also anchored there, so we asked them to keep an eye on our boat while we went into town for dinner. They said they would, so off we went. Yes we went to, our now favorite restaurant “Mexico Lindo.” The food was excellent, as usual. Instead of the tacos, I had Tostados con Poyo . They are smaller, but they give you three. Dale said he wasn’t hungry but managed to eat a tostada. Bill tried the Tacos and agreed that they were great. We went back to the boat after dinner and retired for then night.


It was up at five in the morning and into the dinghy for a quick run over to the live bait boat. We got twenty live baits that became dead baits in about ten minutes, while we were transferring them to Wind Raven. Oh well, that’s how life goes, so we tried dead “live baits!” Unfortunately they did not work. From Loreto we headed out to the north end of Isla Carmen. We did get one hit from a still mysterious fish. I guess he didn’t like our dead “live bait” and spit it out. We trolled around Punta Lobos and Punta Perico, anchoring off Punta Perico South. This is at the North East corner of Bahia Salinas. In the days we stayed there we learned; how to fish for and catch, I might add, a variety of game fish. The most delicious of these being the Trigger Fish.

Dale had to go back to Puerto Escondido after three days, so after we dropped him off Bill and I headed over to Bahia Marquer on Isla Carmen. We stayed at this anchorage for several days honing our skills on catching several verities of fish. We caught and released many fish and had a great time doing it. Eventually we tired of the catch and release and pulled anchor to do some trolling for Dorado. No we didn’t land any but had some very good hits. I will learn how to catch them next, but not with a guide. Would you believe they charge $190 for four hours? I think not!

Bill was a great help while he was here. He checked out my electrical problem of charging my capstan battery, and discovered it was minus a ground wire to the main shunt. As a result the capstan was trying to ground to the anchor and chain. This could be the reason there is no longer any galvanizing on my anchor or chain. This is also the reason I have been going through so many zinks.

This conection took over 30 min to post!
I have to go get veggies now and will continue later.