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Pablo anchored in beautiful San Juanico, Baja California Sur. (Behan Gifford/)
This story originally appeared on Sailing Totem.
Anchored well in the sandy bottom, Totem pointed nicely into the breeze blowing in from the Sea of Cortez. This orientation kept us perfectly aligned… to be beam-on the swell wrapping around the point. With a deep, gentle roll in the flat-looking water, a few unstowed books tumbled. Dangit! A beautiful anchorage can become miserable with misaligned wind and water.
It’s not only a problem for monohulls. We’ve been on a few cats where beam-on chop created enough jerking that sundowner beverages nearly had to be lashed in place. But yes, monos feel the inconvenience more often. There are several solutions: you can leave the anchorage…
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