Wednesday, 28 March 2012

We left the southern anchorage of Coronados Island at 5:30 a.m. with no wind and calm seas. We headed back through the Coronados channel and north to San Juanico. We were treated to sunrise behind Coronados and what a difference 24 hours can make, no wind and absolutely flat sea with the very slightest of a long swell. By 8:30 we had passed the Mangles point and just before 10 am we were already anchored in Caleta San Juanico at the head of a bay. There were three other boats already there, one of which left just after we had anchored.
This is a delightful anchorage, with its nice beaches and various coves. With an improvement in the weather it was nice to relax and forget the bashing we had taken trying to reach here the day before. I put on the wet suit and took a look at the prop as we did have some vibration while motoring from Coronados. After I had cleaned the large clump of seaweed that had attached itself to the prop-shaft just in front of the strut and propeller, we both took sun showers and cleaned up the boat.
During our trip home in December, we had purchased a set of boat wheels for the dingy. Later, we took out the tools and drill and after hoisting the dingy up from the deck with a halyard we attached the brackets for the wheel arms to the transom. During the afternoon, three other sailboats arrived and anchored in the bay. For dinner, we had a bottle of wine and the grilled steak we had purchased at the Dali meat store in Loreto; all while watching the setting sun.