Cabo Corrientes is the southern tip of Banderas Bay and forms the point of land where the Mexico mainland juts sharply southeast. Capes can be problematic because they form their own wind, wave, and current patterns, and should always be treated seriously. We left our anchorage in Bay of Banderas at 7:15 Friday morning and rounded the cape at noon in 20 knot winds and 5 foot seas, but it was in our favor, so not a bad rounding. We anchored in Ipala, the first small bay south of the cape.
All this happened in one minute as we were anchoring: Steve went forward to drop the anchor; I saw his bloody footprints; he didn't know his foot was cut; I fetched a bucket of seawater and dumped it on the deck over the footprints, but failed to see that the portlight was open over the nav station; Steve dropped the anchor and then saw his bloody trail; I went below to find the laptop keyboard wet with the seawater I'd pourerd to douse the blood. How can so much can go wrong in so little time? But, the laptop's touchpad seems to be the only thing affected by the seawater and we have a mouse to use in its place, so there's a work-around. Steve had only cut his toe slightly, and most of the blood came out of the teak deck.
