I woke up in San Blas yesterday morning and found out about the Tsunami warning. Being in an estuary as small as in San Blas is not be the best place to be so we took off, even though the port captain had closed the port. We pretended to not have the VHF radio on and just dumbly waved at all the people gesturing us and got off without a hitch for the safety of the sea. About 20 miles out we were pulled over by a Mexican Navy patrol boat that pointed us back towards San Blas and then took off in a big hurry towards the port. We went very s l o w l y towards San Blas contemplating how to handle this and trying to figure out how much trouble were in.
I then talked to another sailboat in our vicinity on the VHF and they had had the same experience so we decided that they were just looking out for our safety, albeit by trying to make us do unsafe things like returning to San Blas where we would not be able to get until hours after the Tsunami was supposed to hit.
We arrived at Isla Isabela mid afternoon and when to shore shortly afterward, this tiny island is a marine reserve and the birds are not afraid of people at all.
Joe looking at a baby boobie
The female is admiring her man, they inflate their necks do display these brilliant colors.
One of the kids.
A couple of blue footed boobies.
Awesome bird pictures!
yeah, we were wondering about you…The end few slips on Dock 11 in La Cruz were destroyed but not much else bad happened…looked like the BaJa Ha Ha in the anchorage 150+ boats anchored out! Most people went sailing for the day and the regatta was cancelled for the day…Ports closed but back to normal the next day. Circue came in first in their division beating Blue, Moon and Stars came in 2nd….we went to the party at Paradise and had a blast. We leave here in about a week. Still working on the nets.