Following a 4 year Cruise in Mexico, the Boren Family is living aboard in Morro Bay, CA for the kids to attend Morro Bay High School. Once that is done....who knows....
We were planning on leaving Santa Rosilia on yesterday to start making our way towards Mazatlan, but when the weather report called for what's known in the Sea of Cortez as a "Norther", we cancelled the departure and decided to wait for calmer weather. The wind started blowing in the mid 20's yesterday at noon and continued through the night gusting into the low 30's. I sure wish I had my new wind generator installed because the wind is continuing to blow today in the low 30s and my battery bank would be fully charged!
This old gal is dancing around at anchorage like a drunken cowgirl in a Texas line dance, but our 100lb Manson anchor is firmly dug into the Santa Rosilia harbor muck and I have little worry about us breaking free and dragging. We have long been believers in oversizing a cruising anchor and we often stare in amazement at some of the tinny anchors we see on some cruising boats. We carried two large anchors on the bow of our Pearson 365 and I was once asked why I had two big anchors on the bow of our boat, I responded, "Because I can't fit three"!
I won't get into the issue of what's the best anchor because there are some topics that even I'm not stupid enough to jump into, but one things for sure, when you are anchored off a lee shore and it's blowing 30kts through the dark cold night, it's very comforting to feel safe and secure staying under the covers rather than camping out in the cockpit with the engine running due to fear of your anchor dragging!
The below video is a little clip of the view from the cockpit of THIRD DAY today during the blow.
The Boren Family: Rich, Lori, Amy, Jason and Cortez the Cat
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Admiral: Lori Boren, Master: Jason Boren age 16, 1st Mate: Amy Boren age 17
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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas; and God saw that it was good...... and the evening and the morning were the THIRD [...]