Blasting through to San Evaristo and Isla San Francisco. 

We headed out of Nautilus Cove in early am and made our way to San Evaristo, nose in the wind and it was another motor fest! The Southeast wind was unrelenting but the sea state tolerable to make it. We kept discussing potential “outs” but most were early on in the passage.  Once we were over 11nm past Nautilus Cove we needed to be committed to our destination. We arrived tired and bummed as the anchorage with southerly protection was small and already had 2 boats in it. We had a VERY rolly night and have been spoiled because we have not had to endure a rolly night in a LONG time. We woke up tired and grumpy because we knew we needed to move again. We WANTED to move again too because we could not spend another night there. 

We were in San Evaristo in the past 2 years ago in the Northern lobe and had a lovely time. Our early spearfishing career was blooming there and there are some nice walls from that lobe but the Southern lobe has more of the fishing village structures and more traffic. For this current weather/wind it was not an enjoyable visit unfortunately. So… off we went with plans initially for Caleta Partida on Isla Partida, a 30 nm journey. 

Well… we headed out and the swell was already quite large and then the wind picked up making for very uncomfortable conditions. Early on we decided to abort our plans of Caleta Partida and head to Isla San Francisco only 9nm away. It is one of our favorite anchorages anyway and would afford us the protection from S/SE wind/waves we needed. We were tired and decided to get in somewhere safe and early enough to recoup and get ready still for a full day to La Paz. The winds will S/SE for the next few days. 

It was a great decision. We read/made bread/I studied some celestial nav and just continued to be tired…. We did muster up some energy for a swim. Water temp 72 degrees but still seemed chilly!!! I wanted to try to wake up but also to feel like we could earn a dinner drink! The only bummer of being here is it is a popular anchorage. Lots of charter boats but we should not be so snotty -  ha! Although, all the boats provide waypoints to swim around and again give a sense of security that no BIG fish linger here:) We did see some sea turtles and scored a pair of Ray Bans from the sandy bottom!