We bounced the anchor around Bahia San Gabriel for a little while before getting it set then had our first dinner aboard. Lovely. Later that night the Coromuel winds picked up and we spent a rough night hanging on in our berths as Sea Scrape tossed her head back and forth fighting the anchor chain. The men in the Vee were kept up all night by the anchor chain popping on the bow roller. Connie and I in the aft cabin were kept up all night by the dinghy banging against the stern of the boat. Seascrape would charge off to port swinging way out to one side before getting jerked to a stop. The Dinghy would then ram into the stern just inches away from our heads. The Sea scrape would dash off on the other tack to repeat its little dance step. Keith and Lisa didn't sleep either as they were kept up by the combination of noises coming from port, starboard, aft, forward, above and below.
Towards dawn the wind subsided and we all slept.
Lesson learned: When the anchorage gets roily, keep an anchor watch. Tie the tender off with bow and stern lines and fenders. Hold on tight when you get up in the middle of the night to pee off the stern.
Our plan was to cruise the eastern shores of Isla Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida then head north to visit Isla San Francisco before returning to La Paz. We anchored at Caleta Partida the second night. Like everyone else we made a stop at Los Islotes to see the sea lions. By day three we still had a good supply of limes and it looked like we'd have ice and rum to last the week. Things were looking up.
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