We've heard the saying that there's a difference between cruising and sailing. When you're cruising, you're usually trying to get to a certain destination and most of that time seems to be motoring than actual sailing. We are beginning to understand. We didn't experience any significant winds for our travel into Bahía Concepción until later that evening after we were already anchored. We stayed in Playa Santispac for a couple nights until the winds calmed as there was plenty of protection in the bay. Then we motored over to Playa Coyote, about two miles away, where we stayed for the next four nights.
Our return trip across the sea was rather hot and windless. This is what we do to pass the time (notice our trusty auto pilot hard at work).
Unfortunately, I didn't catch anything but a bit of seaweed.
We had some incredible sightings of whale sharks, which were stunning. Whale sharks are actually fish, they are very docile but grow to be quite large. The ones we saw were 20-30 feet long with heads about five feet wide. When they open their large mouths to take in plankton, it's quite a sight. We also paddled our inflatable kayak over to Isla Coyote where there is a small beach and nice snorkeling. Susana got stung by a jelly or some other fun stinging creature and had some nice welts for several days. She was a trooper though and continued snorkeling. We saw some fun sights, like this home made sailer.
We had an incredible view.
And amazing sunsets as usual.
Captain Susana on Jade Jr.
However, we did see a marlin jumping out of the water about 50 feet from the boat. We also heard, but did not see manta rays around the boat while coming into San Carlos. The distinct flapping against the water gave them away. We only wish we could've seen them.
We've been back for a couple days now and have noticed that our teak is looking rather sad so we may have a project ahead of us. A big one.
Looking good be safe
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