Sunday, May 5, 2013

Things that go bump in the morning . . .


After a quick shopping trip to stock up on veggies, we took the long slow ride back out of La Paz. Again attempting to experience a few different anchorages, we chose to anchor at San Gabriel. A windstorm called a coromuel kicked up during the night which made for a sleep deprived night. Next morning we awoke groggy and were very surprised to find we had drug anchor early that morning. Marcus was checking the depthsounder and said we were ok as we were in 15 feet of water. Within moments I felt a little “bump” and as I was asking if that was us hitting the bottom, we both felt a stronger bump. Oh yes we were no longer in 15 feet of water and with the hobbyhorse effect the waves had on the boat, we were bouncing on the bottom.

I'm pretty sure we set a record in firing up the boat and pulling up the anchor. With that narrow escape, we headed North on a nice breeze.

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