Puerto Los Cabos

23 03.620 N, 109 40.345 W

We arrived back at Puerto Los Cabos on Wednesday afternoon. We are again on the long pier that does not have power but that is okay, as the rates are cheaper. In fact, if you want to stay a month, the cost is the same as for staying 10 days. There are several sailboats here but most of the cruisers are not Baja Ha-Ha folks. As they recently arrived from coming down the coast, the idea of staying here for a month is pretty appealing, especially at this reduced rate.

On of the boats here is Reunion with Dennis and Marta aboard. We met them at Scarborough Marina in Australia. They also shipped their boat back on Dockwise as we did with Windarra. They sold their original Reunion and bought a different boat and renamed it. Dennis is an excellent craftsman and the boat is gorgeous.

On the way from Los Frailles we noticed that the autopilot was making a groaning sound as it controlled the rudder. It did not skip a beat and it held the course with no problem but there was a lot of groaning. We checked the autopilot and ran the 'at dock' tests with no problem we feel a lot better about the operation of the autopilot.

Later we joined Marta and some of the other cruisers at happy hour.

Today we took at taxi to Soriana's. It is a large store similar to Walmart with a great grocery section that is on the way to the airport. We did our shopping and returned to Windarra. The dingy is now deflated and mounted on the foredeck. We bought a new outboard motor mount for the aft pulpit and Rich tried to install it but the steel tubes of the pulpit have a curve near where the previous outboard was located. The new mount is larger and will not accomodate the curve, so the new mount will not work. Rich put the old mount back on. We will have to make our own mount. The new one will become a swap meet item.

Tomorrow we will make a crossing to the mainland. We originally planned to go to Isla Isabella and then on to Bahia Banderas but based on the gribs we think a wiser course is to head straight for Bahia Banderas. We will have a chance to stop as Isla Isabella when we head north, next year on our way back into the Sea of Cortez.

I will try to write a position update along the way, depending on the sea conditions. If not, I will post when we stop to anchor in the bay.

Adios