We had a fine sail north out of La Paz going directly to San Evaristo. The wind was from the SE at 18-22 Knots. As we headed north, we felt sorry for the boats trying to get back to La Paz as they had the wind on the nose and were having a hard time. Our wind gave up about noon, just as we were parallel with Los Islotes. We had wanted to stay in Caleta Partida and swim with the Sea Lions at Islotes, but we knew there would be a strong Coromuel overnight so we continued directly to San Evaristo.

We waved to Isla San Francisco but we did not stop, we seem to have little luck spending time here other than sheltering from Northerners! We tucked into San Evaristo along with nine other boats which meant it was a little crowded so we had to use a scope of 4:1 as we swung to the west in 20’ of water when the Coromuel started. The new Rocna lived up to its reputation and even though we had steady wind to 30 Knots and winds gusting to high 30’s, we never budged. Just as well, as we had a reef behind us about 300 yards away in our lee. The Island Packet next to us dragged as soon as the wind started and almost finished up on the reef. They had to grope their way among the boats in the dark with no moon and wind to try and find another spot to anchor which they finally managed to do.