Abreojos is a beautiful little fishing town! I couldn’t find anyone to give us a tour of the whale estuary - the closest I got was to book a fishing trip and they would find whales for us out in the open water. But I can do that on my own boat. I have seen a couple whales in the anchorage off in the distance. And every day there are fishermen in the anchorage catching sardines. The dolphin create a big bait ball about a 100 feet away from my boat, and the fishermen sit in the middle and net up all the sardines. They throw a few back for the dolphin as a reward for their hard work I guess. Poor dolphin. There must be a ton of fish in here because the pelicans are everywhere, diving for food all day long.
The pangueros really have it down to a science here. They drive their boats right up onto the beach, put them on wheels, and a tractor pulls them up out of the surf. There’s about 2 dozen pangas sitting up on the beach and they come and go all day long, catching lobster and fish every time they go out. The lobster pots make it a field of land mines when coming and going on a boat though. I’ve never seen so many. You really have to keep your eyes open. Another reason to call this place Abreojos!
I walked around town quite a bit yesterday with Terry and Logan. There are several nice markets where I bought some more fresh veggies and other provisions. We stopped at a little minimart that had wifi and used the internet for about an hour. Then went to a restaurant called Juanitas right in front of the anchorage that had the best fish tacos I’ve had so far in Mexico! It’s one of the only two restaurants we found while walking around. Well worth the 200 pesos for four huge fish tacos and some beverages (about $10 USD)
The water is starting to get warmer and clearer. It’s about 65 at the surface, which is starting to get tolerable. I had to jump in a couple times when beaching and launching the dinghy and it didn’t even feel that cold. I haven’t really done a proper swim yet. I might jump in when I get to the next stop.
It’ll be about a 28 hour sail to Santa Maria, the large protected cove outside of Bahia Magdelena. It’ll make a nice rest stop for a day or two before my last leg down to Cabo. The weather models vary - one shows enough wind to sail about 70% of the trip. Another model shows I’ll be motoring 100% of the trip. It should be a nice beam reach all the way, so even a little bit of wind will get me there.
It sounds like Raven and Soñadora are all doing the same jump, so I should have company again on this leg.
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