Los Frailles
This morning we listened to the weather report on the Amigo net. The reception was poor but it seemed to indicate it would be backing off today and the winds would be changing to an easterly.
So we followed the crowd and left the marina at Puerto Los Cabos behind. At first is was a nice beam reach, winds were from 8-15 knots, not too bad. When we turned the corner northward, the winds were on our nose. To make it worse, the seas were short and choppy and we were bashing into them and of course the winds built to almost 25 knots as the day progressed. This was not in the report, this was not supposed to be the plan, harrumpf. The foredeck as a wash and several times I watched the water run up the deck and splash into the dodger. To make matters a little more tricky, the autopilot was not happy. We suspect that this was another 'feature' of having the software in the autopilot updated in San Diego before we left.
We anchored at Los Frailles around 2:30 pm. Ken and Carole of SV Nautimoments came by on their dingy for a chat. As we were talking in the cockpit I looked back and saw their dingy floating away. As we quickly started to launch our dingy off the davits, another boat, Boboleta, motored by, grabbed the dingy and brought it by Windarra. The wandering dingy was returned.
There is a full moon out tonight over the anchorage filled with about 30 boats from the Baja Ha-Ha. In the morning we will listen to the weather again and see if we will stay or proceed on.
Adios
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