August 22-26, 2013
Las Rocas is an anchorage on Isla Coronados (Isla Smith). We had a lot of rain and clouds while we were there due to a tropical storm passing along the outside of the Baja peninsula. In fact, here is where we had to run the engines just to charge the batteries for the very first time. But it was a beautiful anchorage.
Logbook – August 22, 2013 (La Gringa to Las Rocas)
Passage Log Highlights
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- 1114 Depart La Gringa
- 1300 Arrive Las Rocas
Daily Notes
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- Brenden slept his sickness off all day
- Tim, Steve, Kyle spearfishing – sierra, yellowtail, parrot fish cabrilla
- D/B – Quiet dinner & movie
- T/A – Dinner on LC
Logbook – August 23, 2013 (Las Rocas)
Daily Notes
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- T/Steve spearfish 3 yellowtail & 1 sierra. Yummy sashimi
- D – paddle over to north bay – met Lungta (Dan & Kathy) and Sara M (Paul) tough paddle back against wind & current
- Boys scavenger hunt on the beach. Alex & Joel won.
- Dinner on Exodus w/ Lady Carolina. Yummy sashimi.
Email to family and friends dated August 23, 2013
Subject: Las Rocas
We had a great time at the cruisers party at La Gringa, but one of the highlights had to be swimming with a whale shark. Brenden absolutely loved it! And one of the low points had to be Brenden getting food poisoning at the pot luck and spending all night and the better part of the morning leaning off the back swim step. So, Brenden and I had a quiet movie night last night as he recuperated and Tim and Alex went over to Lady Carolina for dinner and poker. We moved just a couple miles yesterday out to an island to a bay called Las Rocas. It’s really nice, but the wind has picked up. This morning we are seeing gusts up to 26 kts. It’s actually nice and cool for a change (only 81 deg, but still 75% humidity). Sunday is supposed to be the real blustery day with winds up in the 30s. We will probably stay put until that blows through.
Love and miss you all,
D.
Logbook – August 24, 2013 (Las Rocas)
Daily Notes
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- T, Boys – Spearfish – B got a parrot fish. More yummy yellowtail.
Logbook – August 25, 2013 (Las Rocas)
Daily Notes
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- Rain in the night. Very low batt voltage this morning
- T/D – paddle to the first lagoon. Panga wake knocked D off. Rain.
- Downpour in the afternoon. Boys soaked on paddleboards
- Had to run engines to charge batteries for the first time. No sun 😦
- Cocktails on Mai Tai Roa with Alex & Sue
Email to family and friends dated August 25, 2013
Subject: Tropical Storm Ivo
Tropical Storm Ivo passed along the pacific coast of Baja. La Paz reported not having any weather fall out, but Puerto Escondido had 30 kt winds and 8 in of rain yesterday. We saw winds in the 20s yesterday, and it rained a bit last night (not anywhere near 8 in) and we are totally socked in with clouds this morning. I actually had to run an engine just to charge the batteries for the first time this morning, because no sun means no power for us. However, I wouldn’t say we have been power neutral with just the arrays. We move anchorages so often that we get engine charging every time we raise and drop anchor and sometimes on passage if there’s no wind. Everything is great here. More yellowtail sashimi last night, and Brenden shot a Parrot Fish that made excellent ceviche.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Email to family and friends dated August 26, 2013
Subject: Rain
We still have overcast skies and we had some fits of heavy downpour yesterday. If not for the decreased power generation I would be loving the relief we are getting from the sunshine and heat. I actually took a warm shower last night for the first time in months! We will probably head back to the village today or tomorrow, but I’m not hopeful about the internet. We heard on the radio net last night it’s been down.
-D.
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