Pelicans in the Bay of Ensenada de la Raza
January 21, 2023 On January 21st the wind arrived, it actually came in overnight and we awoke to a windy, stormy anchorage. We were well protected, such that only the strong gusts made it to us. This meant that in between gusts the wind would drop right down, often to almost ten knots, but then with a vengeance the next gust would hit and the boat would shudder under its force. Because of being protected from the wind by the hills and mountains, the large gusts were also funnelled down to us making the wind stronger at the water's surface than aloft. At the top of our mast we clocked 34 knots, but it was stronger at deck level, and because we were not too far from land, there was very little fetch for the wind to build up the waves, but it was amazing what a 30-40 knot gust could whip up in seconds. Blowing spray went flying past our boat, and we even saw a spray tornado form off of one of the points of land. It remained windy for tw...