Boats
started departing Bahia Los Muertos in the pre-dawn hours when I was fixing
coffee...we're just south of La Paz. Boats
headed to La Paz must transit the Cerralvo channel between Isla Cerralvo and
Baja or make the longer transit to the east of Isla Cerralvo which is about 10
miles longer...The problem is that there is sometimes a current in the Cerralvo
Channel that can run up to 4 knots (depending upon tides and wx)...So it was no
big surprise to see boats leave in the calm of the early morning.
We're
in no big hurry to get to La Paz so we'll hang here in Los Muertos for a day or
two...This is an interesting bay...On the NE point that forms Ensenade de los
Muertos, there is a house (or maybe a destination resort) that would be worthy
of Carlos Slim of an oil Sheik...it must be 20,000+ square feet, has a paved
road (with a graded road bed, neither are common in this part of Mexico) and
the building alone must cover about an acre...to the west is a resort of some
sort and the revelry from that location lasted well into the wee hours of the
morning...
The
Baja Ha Ha fleet is slowly thinning out.
Of the 20 boats in the anchorage last night, at least sixteen were
displaying their Ha Ha flag (we doused ours in Cabo)...I can begin to see why
the folks who cherish the solitude down here consider the Ha Ha fleet akin to a
swarm of locusts, but at the same time, the fleet represents a significant
infusion of cash to the local economy...
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