Within minutes of anchoring, the kids were to start their school work and I messed about in their berth trying to tidy. I then discovered water all over the floor. Some was due to a swim shirt that hadn't been hung to dry and the rest due to unexplained water in the bilge. As I hung items on the lifelines to dry, a couple fishermen in a panga drove up and asked for double A batteries for their handheld marine radio. Ten minutes later I was still hanging things up when two more came and asked for batteries for their device. We had hoped to get a fish out of the bargain. Alas, all we have is canned tuna - no fresh.
So today, we carefully made our way ashore and after everyone was drenched by a wave crashing into the stern, we enjoyed searching for shells. This place still has more sand dollars than any other we've been. We saw many in November and just as many today. We also saw one decaying sea turtle and the dried out shell of another. The kiddos picked up a couple of crabs. They are desperate for pets. Said crabs have been named and put into a plastic container/aquarium. We then drove into the mangroves for a bit and were astounded by the number of birds. The boys weren't wearing hats so they used their life jackets as protection against bird droppings when the flocks flew overhead.
That's about it for Bahia Santa Maria. We leave early tomorrow morning for Turtle Bay. We expect that to be a 72 hour run (or so). It's only 230 miles, but we generally average about 5 knots and since we're sailing into the wind and against the current there will be a bit of tacking to make that distance longer.
Ready to protect the head when the birds fly up and over
How's that shell collection going?
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