March 22

Torpid day. Overslept local Sunday (also Wednesday) cruiser's net, brunch at "Yacht Club" and lunch buffet at Puerto Blanco Marina. "Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard.
Finally ventured out PM to connect with group planning tour of waterfalls Wednesday. Considering renting a motor scooter to explore countryside.

A Clint Eastwood Character periodically said there were two kinds of people just before explaining various versions. In cruising, have so far discerned three. 1) Those who cruise on weekends and two weeks in the Keys. These may be called 'normal'. 2) Sailors who enter the Regata del Sol al Sol to Isla Mujeres or go as far as the Georgetown, Exuma area for three months in the spring. Let's call these folks 'adventurous'. Then 3) the smaller group who wander farther afield for longer to, say,
the Caribbean. These people are more often open, helpful, eccentric, social, fit and independent. Did I mention eccentric? We may refer to them as 'certifiable'. Expect to run into (figuratively, one hopes) many of these same folks further down the chain.

Moved further into the harbor to get better wifi reception from reported free site available 0600-1800. If not, will pay for stronger signal commercial service. Chasing internet/Skype is sad, unseemly and unsafe. Three unsuccessful re-anchor attempts were thwarted by Teflon mud. No current, 4 knots wind with anchor and 100 feet of chain down, floated through moored boats as if motoring. Finally triumphant, probably, with free-fall of anchor and all chain to penetrate glop.

Jack