The rumor that Footloose sank off the coast of Baja California is not true. I did , however have a very exciting experience at anchor off the coast just outside of Cabo San Lucas.

My anchor chain was and still is in 100 feet of water and will be there with the Bowsprit, anchor and 300 feet of chain. Around the 12th of December, 2018 an unusually strong storm hit Cabo closing the Harbor for 3 days. I couldn’t get my anchor up and was stuck out there to weather the storm. In the process of trying to raise the anchor, my implanted coranary device decided that my heart rate was too high and decided to shock me back to a normal rhythm. “What a shock that was”, to say the least. At that point I radioed for help and was rescued by 2 local divers in their power boat.  They tried to raise the anchor and were unsuccessful also. At that point the Bowsprit had been ripped off and was attached to the anchor chain. The decision was made to tie a bumper to 100 feet of rope and let all the anchor chain and Bowsprit go to the bottom. The theory was that the bumper would float and we could come back and retrieve everything at a later date. Once again luck was not with me that day and the bumper got caught on the Bowsprit and went down with everything else.

My journey into Cabo San Lucas was short (3 days) as slip costs are $100 a day and didn’t fit my budget. I decided to find crew and take Footloose north to Guaymas/San Carlos for repair. After 4 days of sailing/motoring we arrived at Marina Guaymas and put Footloose on dry land for repair. After a couple months there, it became obvious that I would have to delay repairs for at least 6 months and that would put me there in the middle of summer with the average summer temp being around 120 degrees.

The decision to come home, lick my wounds and accumulate some bucks, then go back down Sept/Oct and complete repairs was fairly easy to make.

My new adventure will be outlined in my next Blog which I promise will be very soon.