Cruising with Soggy Paws

Cruising with Soggy Paws 2009

Soggy Paws is a 44' CSY Sailboat. In 2007, we set sail on a 10 year around the world cruise.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Rockin and Rollin all Night Long

Late yesterday afternoon, after we were cleaning up from our dives, the swell coming in to the anchorage started getting bigger... much bigger. And the wind became 'light and variable'. Meaning that we were turning every which way. And there is a current factor in this bay that we haven't been able to figure out, which was mostly pulling us sideways to the swell.

So we spent the night very uncomfortably, with a 6-8' swell rolling us back and forth.

The wind here certainly shouldn't be producing this large a swell. We think it is from the Papagayo winds up north.

It seems a little better this morning, but we're still trying to decide what to do. Our anchoring options are pretty limited. 2 of the 3 bays are open to this swell, and the 3rd is on the other side of the island, out of reach of the park divers. And we're not sure THAT place wouldn't be pretty swelly too.

Labels: Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Written at 7:53 AM by Sherry.

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