After a few days of rain in Barra de Navidad we decided to jump through a small weather window and head onto the Manzanillo area. The forecast was for a little opposing swell with light winds and a 60 to 90% chance of thunderstorms depending upon which forecast was to be believed (ah the weatherman....). Once we rounded the point the opposing swell grew and the "on-the-nose" E to SE wind continued to increase but from a direction that was of no benefit to us. The good news was that the sky was crystal clear and the sun was shining - for awhile.... Because of the wave direction we by-passed Santiago in favor of La Hades (think the movie "10" ). Shortly after getting the anchor set the 90% part of the weather forecast came to be. Rain coming down in buckets and lightening all over the place (note KT's spiffy "foul weather" attire in the photo). Now conventional wisdom (Wikipedia anyhow) indicates that for every 5 seconds from the moment you see the lightening until you hear the thunder means the "situation" is 1 mile away - thus if it's 30 seconds from when you saw the flash and heard the thunder, you're a comfortable 6 miles from the lightening. That may be the case but what about this little tidbit - Lightening travels at 186,000 miles per second (not much room for the old "one one thousand, two one thousand" exercise if you ask me....). Of course KT had heard that all electronics should be placed in the microwave during a lightening storm. On the other hand, our friend Gilly on Destiny understood it was the oven and not the microwave. Thus we split our phones, Ipads, handhelds, and laptops between the oven and microwave just in case (never mind that the real "values at risk" are the navigation electronics...). Once all was safely wrapped in towels and placed in either appliance I asked KT to remember to remove said electronics from the oven before heating her morning coffee - ha, who am I to wish such things could actually happen.... Fortunately there was no self-inflicted damage. Other than a bunch of leaks, a restless but humorous night, and the boat being sparkling clean in the morning, it was all good. On the move to Santiago today.