Leaving Providencia, we set the cruising spinnaker and sailed in perfect conditions for two days and two nights. Using the radar to guide us through reef areas, we found ourselves in increasing wind. On day three we went to a reefed main and no headsail until the wind reached 30 kts. Now we were going too fast. If we did not slow down, we would arrive at Guanaja in the dark. So we took down the main and idled the motor and still made 4 kts. We made Guanaja at daybreak and anchored in Sandy Bay, about a mile from the town. Here we waited out a storm that brought heavy wind and rain, but no thunder or lightning. We learned later that some friends put their boat on the reef we had avoided. There is a resort in Sandy Bay that was not open, but had an operational washer and dryer. We met some very interesting characters in Sandy Bay. The town was like Balboa Island on welfare. No streets, only sidewalks ran in no particular order crisscrossing the town. Eight thousand people lived on this tiny island because it was separated from the main island by several hundred yards of water. The main island has a big mosquito and no-see-um problem. There were many stores in town and you could buy almost anything. A Mexican restaurant, owned by Seventh Day Adventists (no beer), served great food. The only drawbacks in Guanaja were the bugs and the wind. It blew hard during the day and harder at night, making sleep difficult.