Magdalena Bay

We cleared the entrance to Mag Bay at 0100 with only the main up . Wind fluctuating between 22 and 25 knots from the NW. Seas were rough with a strong counter tidal current. SOG at one point was 2.5 kts but awesome Mr. Perkins came to the rescue.
Anchored 0300 at Man of War and in bed by 0330.

0930 upped anchor for Puerto San Carlos at the head of bay. Tied the dinghy to the side of a shrimp boat and claimed over 3 shrimpers to get to the dock. Checked in at the port, went to the clinic and thankfully Al did not have to have stitches. They changed the bandage, did some scrubbing and reapplied a couple butterflies and head wrap. Had a nice seafood lunch with Jim and JIll at Marisco de Arcos.

Upped anchor at 1330 and following the Z shaped shipping channel back down the Bay we anchored around 1530 at Belchers in 22 ft of water with 100 ft of chain out. Having a great sunset. With the good comes the bad.

Now blowing 22 from the NW. Gusting to 27 kts. Anchor alarm set. Milage for the day... A grand 28 nm in the Bay of Magdalena. Wonder if I'll sleep tonight. May be time for my iTunes.
Al just got the weather GRIBs and they say it's calm here. What's with the weather predictions these days and why does it take 2 hrs to download predict wind over Go iridium?


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