Jan 29-31, Feb 1, 2013, Caleta Partida, Isla Espiritu Santo, BCS

Up early, a quick breakfast and up anchor.  We are not going to spend another like that.  Since the promised norther is finally starting to blow, we are just going one cove down, back to the volcanic crater which has a much more sheltered anchorage.  Even though it was only a a mile or two away it took almost two hours to get there and anchored.  There were 5-6 other boats already there but we found a spot and let out lots of anchor chain.  And there we sat for the next 4 days while the wind howled around us, with periodic gusts up to 30 knots.  Since this really was a quite sheltered anchorage, the boat actually was fairly still, just rocking slightly.  But it was cold and we did not even want to go on deck.  In fact we stuffed a pillow into the hatch at night to keep the wind out.

You would think we would be bored out of our minds, but in fact we were not.  There are still lots of odd jobs to do as we settle into the shipboard life.  We ran the water maker.  The water maker uses a reverse osmosis technique to create fresh water from salt water.  It needs to be run every 3-4 days and takes about 1/2 hour to refill our tanks.  Although we are still careful with water, it is wonderful not to have to ration every drop.    Several more cupboards were cleaned and sorted.  I did a lot of sewing and sorted out photos. Alan worked on various mechanical projects.  We put on music and danced.  We read.  We have radio reception again and a couple of hours a day are spent listening to the various nets.  It was actually a lovely quiet time, just living together, just the two of us.