Los Muertos

A couple of days in Los Muertos left us rested and ready to go north to La Paz. While here, we snorkeled a fantastic Elegant Coral reef, with more diversity and amount of fish than we have seen since the Bahamas. The waters were clear, we could see the sandy bottom 20 feet under our boat perfectly, as well as the abundant sea life. This 3-foot+ yellow-fin circled our boat for half an hour, lazily cruising by. He may have expected a handout, but didn't get one.



Our sails got torn by the wind in the crossing, so we taped up the mainsail and will have the headsail looked at when we get to La Paz.


There were a few other fish around the boat, but not enough to put off getting in the water and scraping the algae and growth from the water line. Ardy spent over an hour with snorkel and fins swimming around the boat, hanging onto the dinghy, scraping barnacles and algae from the bottom and making Odyssey "all pretty" again. Cleaning the salt off the rigging will have to wait until La Paz and fresh water...everything is crusted with salt...lines are stiff, you can wipe handsful of salt off the stainless steel, the canvas sparkles in the sunlight, reflecting dried crystals of sea. Several flying fish had landed on board in the night...we returned them to the sea.