Chacala

Bob reached Chacala today about 2 pm.  He had virtually no wind at the beginning of his trip yesterday but did sail today for about  5 hr...winds of 20 to 25 knots.  He said that he was going at good speed.
When I saw that Bob had reached Chacala I really wanted to be there as the bay is lovely.  After an all nighter it is an exquisite relief to drop anchor and know that you can sleep.  But then again it is somewhat like the relief you would feel after beating head against a wall and the stopping...!!
The trip was not without its  difficulties.  Bob had a new autopilot installed and a mechanism to make it easier to change from auto pilot to wind vane steering.  The person who installed it did not tighten it properly so it fell apart ...of course that was in the 'bowels' of the boat.  Bob described trying to thread a screw while the boat was going every which way in the waves.  Aftter 2 hours he actually got it back together.  Bob's tenacity does pay off!  The lucky part of this is that it did not happen as he was going out the channel leaving Mazatlan.  When this happened he had no way to steer the boat.  In the channel that would have meant putting the boat on the rocks...an ugly thought.  Bob had someone install this so the warranty was good.  What good is the warranty when you are miles from anyone that can fix???
Tonight Bob will be in Chacala ..in fact he just called and by now he may be asleep.
His plan is to leave Chacala on Thursday.  On Wednesday 2 friends from Manitoba are going to be on the boat and they will do a day sail around Chacala.. That should be fun for all of them.
So tonight I too will sleep.