April 26, 2020-Well, That was Fast

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Buenos días Capitán, We are the Mexican Navy

We’d planned to spend a month or more away from civilization, away from people and boats; away from the Internet.

We went to The Marias Islands, hoping the authorities would let us stay, or just leave us alone. For five days that plan worked. The first four days we were undisturbed where we anchored in South Cleofas Bay. It was beautiful but wild. We grew tired of the huge Pacific swells which hammered the island and on day four we moved to Cleofas Hook on the east side of Maria Cleofas Island.

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Time to Relax

That anchorage was much more peaceful and equally beautiful, but just one day after we anchored there the Mexican Navy came and informed us that we’d have to leave; it was a protected environmental zone, no one was permitted within 12 miles.

So we weighed anchor and left.

Ten hours later, after a nice spinnaker run directly to the East, we reached Mantanchen Bay and anchored there.

And connected to the Internet.

So that’s where we are now slowly working through our supplies and thinking about when and to where we’ll move again.

Click here To see more images from Cleofas Hook.

To read about our adventure in the Marias, click here and to see the photos, here.

Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Mantanchen Bay