A crew change took place last Thursday and with Marathon newly provisioned and newly crewed, we set sail from La Paz (more about land fall in this port later)to Puerto Ballandra. The latter is exceptionally scenic, cozy and not heavily used by other boats. However, Peter and I experienced a rough night and day in there prior to our arrival in La Paz and two nights ago we experienced an even rougher night. Winds of 15+ kts came through for the entire evening creating seas of two to three feet. If we had been sailing it would have been great. However, these conditions are completely unacceptable, at least to me, in an anchorage! The crew could not agree more. Fortunately for them, the ship’s clinic is well equipped with anti-seasickness remedies and they were eventually able to get some sleep.

We departed the next day for Caleta Partida, located between Isla Partida and Isla Espiritu Santo. We had great sailing with 10 to 15 kts of wind and arrived here about 5 hours after our departure. What a great place!