Anchored behind Punta Abreojos, mid- Baja
In English, the name of this anchorage means “open your
eyes”. No kidding! First we had to identify the surface level
rocks about a mile offshore of the point, then there were two “bajo” or low
spots to try to avoid although you can’t see them. On top of that, there were hundreds of fish
pots to weave through as we motored into the anchorage. Since leaving Turtle Bay, we’ve had some
company. Four other sailboats and two
motorboats all left the same morning as us.
Three of the sailboats ended up alongside us in Asuncion Bay the first
night and last night in Punta Abreojos.
We’ve gotten to be friends with the folks on the boat Balance (Nikk and
Jan) from Portland, and had them over last night to share a fish dinner of the
Mahi we had caught the day before. They
are on the same path, heading south to Banderas Bay. It’s a different experience having a boat
nearby to chat with on the radio and visit with at night! Kinda fun for a change—we’ve never done the
*buddy boat* thing, where boats plan to cruise together.
Anyhow, after years in Punta Mita, where our morning
entertainment was to listen to the ssb radio nets and get the weather reports,
we are finally seeing all the places that they would give weather reports for –
Cedros Island, Punta Abreojos – these were common names to me, but I had no
idea where they were on the Baja. Now I
see why the weather could be especially exciting around here. Luckily we’re in a really calm weather
window, and our problem has been not having enough wind, and having to motor to
make the anchorages before dark. We
filled up on diesel in Turtle Bay, so we have enough to get us to Punta Mita,
should need be. But we’re going to wait
a day here in Abreojos for the wind to hopefully pick up a bit tomorrow so that
we can sail more than motor! We were
thinking of heading to Bahia San Juanico today, which is the famous Scorpion
Bay surf break, but since there is no surf forecast for a while we’re giving it
a pass. We would have to add an extra
overnight passage to stop there, and it just doesn’t seem worth it. So tomorrow (Thursday) we’ll head off for
Santa Maria Bay, just outside of Magdalena Bay.
It’ll be an overnight sail, arriving there late in the day Friday.
