December 8, 2016, was a fine day to stay aboard and regroup. The SSB forecasts from the AmigoNet and the 
Sonrisa Net, plus some spot forecasts I took from Saildocs, all called for stronger weather. We saw increasing rolliness and whitecaps outside Agua Verde's bay but the NW lobe remained significantly calmer than all the forecasts had warned. The Fox's anemometer showed a single gust to 19 knots. Otherwise the breeze remained steady from the NNW in the 10-12 knot range. GB and I did the usual boat-maintenance chores. Baked cookies. Made Christmas ornaments just to liven up the place a bit for the holidays. Kept an eye on the surrounding fleet.
We got to party a couple more hours with the crew of Kia Ora on December 9, pressing our mighty Pfaff sewing machine into service to patch up part of Kia Ora's Sunbrella life raft cover while GB demonstrated how to make tortillas and pupusas the Propane Chef way. We four had big fun while there were now a total of nine sailboats sheltering tightly in that wee NW lobe. Two of them looked dangerously near a rocky reef and a cliff face, but the steady breeze kept them safe from swinging into danger.
[Upper right photo by Darlene Topilko.]
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