Up at 6 am, underway by 6:30 am, underway at 7 am. Breakfast and bible reading and motor sailing all day. This will be our biggest crossing ever, about 295 miles. We expect to take about 48 hours. The weather forecast is fairly calm all the way across. We saw whales, dolphin and lots of birds. Almost no other boats. All in all a pretty boring day. Lunch was had on deck, as was dinner and breakfast.
After dinner, we took shifts, with either Reneé or I on deck and part of each watch Bob was there to keep that one company. In the evening there was once again, just another sunset, and in the morning just another sunrise.
Up at 6 am, (the sun was up) after breakfast (and coffee), we listened to a sermon from North Coast. We have looked at the weather and the distances involved and the timing of our trip to get to Puerto Peñasco, the decision we made is that instead of going from here to Mazatlan then to Los Muertos we will go directly to Los Muertos. The difference in distance is only 15 miles, but the difference in time is about 3 days.
To go to Mazatlan first (125 miles), would be an overnight trip with a two day recovery without going ashore in Mazatlan, then an overnight trip to Los Muertos (185 miles) on the Baja peninsula.
Instead we will go to Los Muertos directly from here (295 miles). At 6 knots, the trip to Mazatlan (21 hours), then to Los Muertos (31 hours), or directly to Los Muertos (49 hours). This will be a long hard trip of a couple of nights crossing the longest Reneé and I have done.
Dave Bobo from SV Ohana joined Bob and I for the jungle cruise. Bob and I got the dinghy down, and went over and got Dave then ashore to get lunch at a restaurants. No one there spoke English and none of us spoke Spanish and there was no internet so, communications were limited. Eventually, we got our points across and one of them gave us a ride (since we could not figure out how to communicate the directions (either us or them) it was only a half mile or so to the pick up point. Eventually we got on the little boat and did the tour.
It was a good trip. We saw quite a few crocs in the wild and a few in the zoo at the end. Finally back to the boat.
Bob and I got the dinghy put away and the outboard back on it’s holder. Excitement for the day, it looks like MAYBE the dinghy wheel racks on the dinghy might be upside down, or maybe I was just wrong in how I was trying to use them.
Reneé made fish taco’s for dinner and they were very good, then showers and bed.
Neil, Bob and DaveThis is a close up of what we went to see.This is the best picture I have of a turtle, this guy was about 2 feet longAt the end of the ride we were able to get a bit closer to the end with teeth.This guy is the bug we found in the bottom of our Panga at the end of the jungle cruise. Apparently they bite and it hurts.
Up at 6:30, and underway by 7am. Breakfast underway (for those of us not sea sick) we motored the whole way, we got the sails out and helped, but there was not enough wind to do it all. We got as high as 8.0 knots. Once we were anchored (in 10 feet of water!) we got out the floaty’s and got in the water. Bob got the patch to work and was feeling a lot better for the last half of the trip. We are going to watch a movie tonight, then tomorrow morning a sermon. After lunch, Bob and I will go ashore and see the Jungle Tour (a boat ride with Crocodiles). Today we saw at least 3 pods of whales, and quite a few dolphin. Tonight we are anchored with SV Hona Kai and SV Ohana, completely coincidental.
We are going to watch “Planes Trains and Automobiles” tonight.
Up at 7, breakfast bible study, the net, and get started on the LIST, we topped off the water tank, and mounted the auto deploy device for the life raft. Then at the end of a rather long day we left the marina and motored across to Punta de Mita at the north west end of Banderas Bay. This is the beginning of our long trip north.
Our life raft without the auto deploy feature installed.Our life raft with the auto deploy feature installed.
Up at 7, breakfast, bible study, the net (didn’t work) and I defrosted the fridge and freezer. Reneé made a grocery run. We went to Pancho’s taco shop for dinner then the grocery store. We got a cab back for the three of us. Then bed.
There is an iguana in the middle of this picture that we saw on river tour.This will give you an idea of the size slip we were in. Our boat at 45 feet on deck is about 53 feet long overall.
