Day 3: Isla Miramar to Bahia Willard

Early rise today and a quick prep to get underway. Passage to Bahia Willard was 20ish miles so we planned to get in early. Uneventful the first couple of hours as we passed to the West of Las Islas Encantadas until we noticed that all of a sudden we could see the bottom and it was shallow! Somehow, despite being in the middle of the channel we managed to travel over a reef that extended from Isla San Luis. None of our charts showed its location or any danger whatsoever! Gotta love these Mexican charts.

After recovering from the scare, we continued on and made Bahia Willard before noon. Set up the dinghy and headed to the nearby villages to look for fuel. Turns out the nearest fuel was about 3 km, so we needed to hitch a ride. Thankfully we met some older male gringos at Alfonsino’s who were heading that direction and agreed to take Patrick along. Boy was he in for a wild ride! They had been drinking all day and were horsing around and insulting each other left and right, but all in good fun! It made him feel like he was riding in the car with the Big Lebowski and his buddy. A chore that should have taken maybe 45 mins took nearly 1.5 hours as the guys made their way through more beers in the car and spoke their “Tequilese” spanish. Thankfully they shared some beer with Patrick so he was able to relax a bit and enjoy the ride. Finally met up with David again and hauled the gas back to the boat.

Lunch was the ceviche from the Sierra yesterday, and boy was it tasty! Fresh homemade ceviche!. The rest of the afternoon was spent fishing, with no real luck other than a couple small halibut and lots of spotted bay bass. A beautiful sunset was had and another good day in the Sea.