At Sea & Santa Rosalía
A feeding frenzy was our first sighting of the day. Early in the morning hundreds of blue-footed boobies, brown boobies and pelicans dove at high speed into the water. For the fish, this was certainly not a good morning. Long-beaked common dolphins chased fish up to the surface, where they became vulnerable to predation by feathered projectiles that fell from the sky, as if a whirlpool suddenly sucked them into the water. We continued sailing in the proximity of Isla San Marcos. The winds picked up and changed direction, the flexibility of our itinerary came handy and we headed into the town of Santa Rosalía, where we spent the afternoon.
Santa Rosalía was born as a copper mining town. The French owned the mine where copper was found in fist-size balls, therefore its name in French is Compagnie du Boleo. Although mining stopped and the French left this town, the French influence persists in Santa Rosalía’s heart. A metal church designed by Gustav Eiffel stands proudly in the middle of the town; no one really knows how this collapsible church ended up here. The architecture still reminds one of a French town, but blended with Mexican spirit and located between the desert mountains and the ocean.
We explored town and continued sailing for sunset. As Santa Rosalía dissipated on the horizon, common dolphins joined us again. Hundreds of them broke the water’s surface with delight. As the sun hid behind the mountains, the water turned into gold and dolphins became silhouettes that splashed and disappeared.
A feeding frenzy was our first sighting of the day. Early in the morning hundreds of blue-footed boobies, brown boobies and pelicans dove at high speed into the water. For the fish, this was certainly not a good morning. Long-beaked common dolphins chased fish up to the surface, where they became vulnerable to predation by feathered projectiles that fell from the sky, as if a whirlpool suddenly sucked them into the water. We continued sailing in the proximity of Isla San Marcos. The winds picked up and changed direction, the flexibility of our itinerary came handy and we headed into the town of Santa Rosalía, where we spent the afternoon.
Santa Rosalía was born as a copper mining town. The French owned the mine where copper was found in fist-size balls, therefore its name in French is Compagnie du Boleo. Although mining stopped and the French left this town, the French influence persists in Santa Rosalía’s heart. A metal church designed by Gustav Eiffel stands proudly in the middle of the town; no one really knows how this collapsible church ended up here. The architecture still reminds one of a French town, but blended with Mexican spirit and located between the desert mountains and the ocean.
We explored town and continued sailing for sunset. As Santa Rosalía dissipated on the horizon, common dolphins joined us again. Hundreds of them broke the water’s surface with delight. As the sun hid behind the mountains, the water turned into gold and dolphins became silhouettes that splashed and disappeared.
