Friday, June 1, 2012

Well yesterday got to be more interesting than we would have liked--we have NEVER had to re-anchor before--always had great holding--even for over 2 mos. in Barra de Navidad, we never moved.  However, when we got back to the boat on Wednesday afternoon, we quickly noticed that we were not where we were when we left.  As we were trying to figure that out we realized that we were swinging like crazy, so decided to re-anchor.  When I went up to pull up the chain, I noticed that the markings were not what they should be, and that we had over 200 feet of chain out---couldn't really try to figure it out at the time, but it took a long time to pull it all in.  We moved around and re-anchored in a new spot.  The wind had picked up quite a bit by then, so  we really watched to make sure that we would hold well.  The nite calmed down and it was uneventful, however, yesterday was really windy, and we ended up having to move and re-anchor 2 more times--so obviously weren't going to leave the boat at all. Later in the day, a fishing vessel came by--M/V Seahorse--he explained that he had been across the Bahia with his boatload of clients who were swimming on a beach.  They noticed that our boat had been blown into the channel, so he used his boat to pull us back into the bay, and then he climbed aboard and pulled out all the extra chain.  We are so thankful to him and his crew, and made sure to give them kudos on the local cruiser's net today!

This morning we are still in the same place, and the winds are quite light, so we have ventured in to Baracuda Bob's for laundry, the internet, and to reconfirm our haul out for tomorrow morning.  Luckily, we were able to make a trip to our favorite beachside bar--Soggy Peso, on Wednesday.  So beautiful, and the crab tostadas were just as good as ever!   AAAH!

Soggy Peso, with kite surfers entertaining the crowd



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