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At anchor, Puerto Ballena, Isla del Espiritu Santo, December 31, 2000:
While the Marina de La Paz is a nice place to spend your time, I had a
"hermit attack" this morning, and the weather was perfect, so I cast off the
lines and headed out to the islands to spend New Year's Eve on the hook.
Spent the day doing a little exploring, and ran into Len on K39 "Brut", who
was returning to La Paz from Isla San Francisco. We circled each other
taking pictures of our boats, being of the mutual opinion that ours are one
of the most photogenic boats afloat!
Then I went seeking a secluded anchorage, and now I'm tucked into the
northern bight of Puerto Ballena, on the Isla de Espiritu Santo, in 12' of
transparent water; I can see the anchor chain strung out across the bottom:
sand with a little bit of bottom growth scattered around. But where are
the fish? (PS: they came around late nite, with much luminescent display!)
The water's a little too cold to go
swimming, but took a quick dip anyway; a little colder than it's supposed
to be here.
It's 5:30 pm and the sun will be setting soon. I'm pecking this out
on my Apple iBook laptop. Not another boat or sign of humanity in sight.
There's a Nordhavn 62 in the middle bight just south of me, but he's around
the point, and I can't see him. The Baja mainland far to the west across
Bahia de La Paz is silhouetted by the setting sun. All is still and silent
except for some bird calls, and an occasional fish jumping. Just the
slightest breeze, which keeps shifting around. Hope it stays like this! (PS:
it did.) There's a high cloud cover which will probably screen out the star
display tonight, but then you can't have everything. Anyway, I know I'll
remember where I was at the birth of 2001.
Happy New Year!
Mike Ford, aboard
Number One, K39001
Sea of Cortez
