I arrived at Asuncion late last night and got anchored around 2345.  As is always my luck it seems, it was DARK. I was hoping the incredibly bright moon would be helpful after sunset, but of course moonrise wasn't until 2330 last night. So just DARK.  I had good coordinates for an anchorage spot, and got in OK with the radar and chart plotter running to find the spot. There was one other sailboat anchored when I arrived and I set up about 700' away to make sure w had plenty of room. This morning when I looked out there are pangas, floats, fish pens, and all kinds of stuff floating around that same 700' feet away that were invisible as I came in. 

I made contact with the fuel guy here to get topped off. I am at about 3/8 of a tank.  I could probably squeak by with what I have and get to Ensenada, but again with my luck, I am not gonna risk it.  He got back to me this morning and if the motor vessel he is expecting isn't here by 1 he'll get my fuel today.  That may allow me to jump up to Turtle Bay tomorrow to wait for a good window to head up to Ensenada. 

Although it hasn't, yet, been as bad as I feared, the bash is definitely well named.  The wind has been pretty consistently 15-20 and somewhat regularly increasing to 20-25.  The swells haven't been too bad, I've been trying to only start a crossing when the swell forecast is 1-2M and nothing larger. Even with that there has been a constant spray, splash, bashing of salt water over the bow covering the boat and exposing every microscopic opening that would allow water to come in.  Keeping up with sopping that up and trying to keep it from soaking more inside than absolutely necessary has been a constant chore. I can imagine doing this in a normal sailboat rathern than my enclosed wheelhouse would be a real drag.  

One thing definitely surprised me on this leg. The amount of time I spent staring at a brown booby. I mean I'm generally a fan of all boobies, but this one particular brown booby spent more than 3 hours ballancing on the jib boom and hitchhiking for probably 20 miles. I guess I was registered in the avian uber app and didn't even know it. 

Currently, if I get fuel today, it looks like I may be able to run up to Turtle Bay tomorrow.  If not, then I'll probably be here until April 2nd before I move up. Asuncion looks bigger than most of the other towns I have anchored off of so I hope to see a little bit on the fuel mission. I mean, it looks like there is a paved road visible from the water here! And apparently some cell service. It's a virtual metropolis!