Feb 3, 2013, at anchor, Bahia de los Muertos, Baja California Sur

We actually ended up spending this day at anchor.  According to the morning weather, the winds were starting to drop but the seas were still very choppy.  There were two other boats in the anchorage with us and they were also waiting one more day before heading out.  Actually, the real reason they were waiting was that it was Super Bowl Sunday and the restaurant ashore was showing the game.  Since we did not care about the game,  we just spent the day on the boat, doing odd jobs and listing for updates from Circe.

As of the morning, the Mexican navy still had not arrived.  Little by little the radio chatter picked up.  They were getting permission.  They were getting a team together.  A sailor named Eddie came on the radio who spoke good English and said that they were on their way.  They arrived.  Eddie went aboard Circe to assess the situation.  Eddie went back to his boat and they went back out to sea where they could get better reception.  They went back to Circe and went aboard again.  They left and went back out to call their commander again.  They called in a bigger boat.  The bigger boat arrived.  Lots of people went aboard Circe.  There was lots of discussion in Spanish.  Even the larger boat was not going to be able to tow her into La Paz because of the jammed rudder.  Eventually, Circe was towed closer to shore to a reasonably safe anchorage.  The anchor was set.  The captain and his little dog left Circe and boarded the coast guard boat and were taken back to La Paz.

We heard the next day that he found someone with a large power boat who was able to tow her back to La Paz for repairs.  The sad thing was that he had just gotten this boat.  What a shake down cruise.