Friday April 14. I tried but failed to get a little sleep before rising at 2300 to prepare for our short 75nm trip across the Sea of Cortez from Isla San Marcos to the San Carlos area. I had the 100' of chain and anchor up and was underway by midnight. Motored the first several miles to clear San Marcos and Isla Tortuga. Then set the course to a point off of Bahia San Carlos, approximately easterly. Both sails are up and the northerly wind at 10-15 knots pushed Anna Marie along on a reach at 6-7 knots for about 6 hours, then just faded away. Made fairly good time regardless, arriving off San Carlos around 1430 on Saturday, April 15. Eagle followed me in to San Carlos Bay, although Tom found a spot to anchor easily enough, my picky anchoring nature found Anna Marie exiting the bay and anchoring in the closest of the two Shangrila Coves in 20' with 100' of chain out. At this point, we have traveled 905 nautical miles since leaving La Cruz on February 14. Two months of great travel!

I brought Anna Marie into Marina San Carlos on Monday April 17 and was temporarily assigned slip B-26. Management is unable to offer me summer moorage at this point, but are able to let me stay here until June 1. By Thursday, April 20, however, I was able to get them to commit to Slip A-16 for the period ending on October 31. By Friday I was well into my decommissioning of Anna Marie for the summer hurricane season. I also contracted with a local marine surveyor for my five-year insurance survey. He got the in-the-water part done on April 21.

On Friday April 28 Anna Marie was hauled out and towed down to Marina Seca, San Carlos on a hydraulic trailer. There she was put on blocks and jack stands in the work yard for some badly needed bottom work. I am having the bottom cleaned, scraped, sanded, and painted with Trinidad Pro anti-foul paint. The workers discovered some issues near the hull/keel joint that requires them to grind all of it down leaving the lead keel completely exposed and the joint exposed as well. Previous bottom work had seen a faired layer of Bondo at the joint that had allowed some water ingress. They will rebuild with fiberglass before priming and applying the anti foul.