Feast of Fish

After sailing (yes, sailing!) into Bahia Concepcion, we made our way to Playa el Burro, an anchorage about a third of the way down the bay. We spent two nights anchored next to a beach populated with campers, RVs, and two small restaurants. It’s always nice to enjoy the local cuisine and take a break from the galley.

Narrow channel for Volare

Volare sailing under white sails

Adjacent to the beach a rugged trail (read riverbed) ran up to a viewpoint above the anchorage. Adam and Foxy and I, along with Monica and Penny, tried to make our way up it. Chris decided against it, being the heat of the day, and returned to the beach to socialize with campers and have some cold beer. We were unable to actually join the trail, but made a rugged hike culminating in a view over our boats below. We got some good photos, checked out the petroglyphs, and rang the rocks that resonate like bells due to their high iron content. The pups had had enough by the time we finished the hike and sought shade under a large boulder.

El Burro anchorage in Bahia Concepion

Foxy and Penny in the shade

The following day we had decided to move to an anchorage a few miles north for better protection from some north wind that was forecast. We took the pups to shore in the morning and as we headed back to the boats noticed a new boat had come in. Monica recognized it as a Hylas and we soon realized it was s/v Shamaya with Lance and Pam whom we had not seen since just after Docksgiving. They had sailed hard from La Paz and made it up to Concepcion in only three days to catch up to us!

Parking lot for dinghys

Hiking at Bahia Concepion

Playa Santispac, our new anchorage, was a bit crowded with boats sitting out the north wind. We spent the days walking the beach road, dinghying around and eating at the local restaurants, one of which offered good internet for $35 pesos for an hour. We had more movie nights on SeaGlub and caught up with the adventures of Shamaya’s crew. Lance met a local whom he talked into taking the guys spear fishing one day. They took dinghies out to a spot known to the man and got to try their spear guns. Adam was given a beautiful spear gun by his coworkers upon his retirement and it brought us some delicious dinner it’s first trip out! They returned with trigger fish, snapper, and scallops and we convened on Volare for a feast. We girls got some practice at cooking fish and scallops and we all enjoyed the bounty.

Tonights Trigger fish dinner

Dinner for 6 on Volare

Volare at anchor in Santispac

As we write this the wind has finally subsided and we again press north. We are headed for the town of Santa Rosalia tonight. Although it is a long haul, we have just enough wind to sail and all three boats have spinnakers up. The sea is flat and as we crawled along at 3 knots Lance launched the drone to get some footage of the beautiful sails. This in turn launched a misadventure of hilarity. The drone was low on battery and returned to the spot from whence it was launched per its programming. However, Shamaya had long since left that spot as she made her way up the coast. Lance had to drop the dinghy to retrieve the drone, hovering five feet above the water in the position previously occupied by the sailboat. Drone safely in hand, Lance planned to return to Shamaya but found the dinghy out of gas! Luckily, Volare was close behind and we pulled him in while Pam singlehanded Shamaya to a slower speed. Once Volare had passed Shamaya, we set Lance adrift again in his dinghy where Pam scooped him up and they raised the dinghy. Luckily, the bathtub conditions made this an entertaining diversion rather than a scary situation.

Lance one handed drone catch

Monster Blue with two other spinnakers

Spinnaker sailing! Our Parasailor is performing well.

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