Kia Kaha Part Two

We have finally arrived at Bay of Los Angeles, which is 600 miles from La Paz and in the middle of nowhere! This is most northern anchorage for us in the Sea of Cortez where there is a small town and an awesome big bay anchorage, which is also within an hours
sail of the safest sheltered “hurricane hole” in the Sea of Cortez.



We had our first hurricane scare with Hurricane Hennriette coming up the sea with winds up to 80 knots, torrential rain and huge storm surge. The few days before she was due to hit were pretty nerve wracking as we weren’t certain if she was heading our way or not.
We decided to ride out the storm by ourselves in a small, protected lagoon named Estanque with only enough room for one boat. Sails came off, decks were cleared, storm anchor set, nails chewed off, hair pulled out, sanity questioned and sleep less nights had
for all!


Henriette at one stage was forecast to pass very close to us, but headed east and passed within 200miles. We heard reports that La Paz was hammered and boats were lost. We were fully prepared but for us it was a total non-event! Not even a gust of wind was felt,
although huge seas pounded the breakwater protecting us and humbled us both. Secretly we were a little disappointed, but actually very relieved. As we write the next one is
brewing down the mainland coast…



In the meantime we have started another varnishing epic and are hanging out on the hook working. Fortunately it seems to finally be cooling down as we come into autumn. The cabin temperature is on average 32C and the official end of hurricane season is end of
November, by which time we plan to be back in La Paz and heading south to the mainland.