slight correction, we stopped at la lancha on april 14 but motored over to v cove after our long night of fleeing the high winds. so. i slept about 4 hours and was just too excited to stay below deck. i had to get into the kayak. what a amazing place this v cove is. lots of caves large and small, flat water, landscape soaked in brilliant colors and a beach leading to sand dunes. i kayaked around the bend and into all the caves, even got to watch the fishermen tossing their nets. later in the day jim and i did some hiking. he took the crest trail and i wandered through the sand dunes. winds started to build late in the day so we deflated the kayaks and were ready to leave in a moment if we had to.
and we had to. april 16, journal entry...v cove to timbabichi. north winds and swells forced us out at dawn. by 7am sunrise we were sailing. kept checking places to anchor but all the coves had swells and whitecaps. very stressful watching the dinghy surf and plane. blew the vang shackle doing a gybe. finally anchored about 6:30 at timbabichi. i made an experimental gratin.
friday april 17. timbibichi to isla san francisco. not much sleep. big power boat Searcher came in at 1am. winds high and swells but okay anchorage. met 2 touring kayakers from new zealand. saw manuel again. left at 9am sailing downwind. big swells. genset won't start. downwind to isla san francisco in 25-30 knots wind. once anchored with all the other boats hiding from the wind we packed the dinghy away and prepared to leave early tomorrow morning.
saturday april 18. left at 7:30am. fewer white caps. smooth downwind sailing. arrived in la paz at 3pm. totally cleaned the boat jim doing the outside me the inside. both of us exhausted. don't like the marina. inconvenient and too far from town. feels like a prison out here.
sunday april 19. took shuttle into town to all the big box stores. found out they have most of the items we want for provisioning when we return from home. back into town for dinner at Pazta. the whole main street was celebrating over the soccer game that chiva won.
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