The Cruising Grounds

We headed out of La Cruz Tuesday morning for Yelapa, our last stop in Banderas Bay. It was an awesome sail, and Yelapa is another gorgeous, tropical anchorage in Mexico. Kat and Jay headed into the small beach town and ran into some interesting characters: one gray haired man with dreadlocks who passed out under the table and a band that makes most garage bands look like The Rolling Stones. Unfortunately, it rolled all night and NONE of us slept much. We ended up heading out earlier than we needed, but we were ready to hit the road.

Wednesday was spent heading around the point to Ipala, where we arrived early afternoon. We swam in, grabbed a drink, and really enjoyed the tiny little town. We tried to cook up the 30 pound fish we caught during our sail. We had spend so much time and energy racing around the boat and reeling this thing up that we figured it had to be good… it wasn’t. Note to reader: don’t ever eat a jack crevelle.

We left at the crack of dawn Thursday morning for our longest sail this leg, to Chamela. This is, according to my father, the beginning of the cruising grounds (Ok, seriously? What have we been doing all this time then?) Chamela was pretty cool though, a good bay, no rolling, and an awesome running beach. I even made some friends from Norway. We went into the town for dinner, where a woman cooked for us in her tiny little restaurant/house. It was easily the most authentic meal we’ve had, and delicious. We got to have a later start this morning, so Kat and Jay headed to town and I went for another run.

We’ve just arrived in Barra Navidad, opting to skip Tenacatita for now and meet up with SueBee and Eager Dreamer. After a bit of trouble with the stern anchor we’ve cooked up some dinner and are ready to chow down!


Ok, skip forward two days! We met up with SueBee, Eager Dreamer, and Andanzas... it is so good to see everyone! We love Melaque, i'll write more soon!

By the way, Cam I missed your birthday on the fourth, so Happy Belated! Hope it was a good one!