We are now inside Bahia Banderas...which is the large bay where Puerto Vallarta is located. We officially entered Banderas Bay on Tuesday after rounding the northern Point known as Punta Mita. All of our cruising guides warn to give the large reef and rock strewn Punta Mita plenty of room while rounding it. As we made our way around Punta Mita we watched large waves break far out to sea all around the point. Another sailboat, that had been trailing us all day, tried to cut the corner...probably didn't have any cruising guides...or maybe just no brains. We watched him pass us inside and close in to the rocky shoreline not aware of the occasional large sets that were coming in. As a set came in homie quickly became aware that on his existing course he would soon become reef meat, and he abruptly changed course towards the open ocean. After rounding the point we made our way around another surf break and anchored off the beach for the night (pic). On Wednesday we left Punta Mita and came further into the bay to La Cruz Hauacaxtle...or simply La Cruz. La Cruz appears to be the epicenter of Mexico cruising, and as we dropped the hook between two other boats Sharon got out her calculator and counted 72 other boats in the anchorage, by far the most we've seen in any one anchorage (actually it maybe more than we've seen in ALL the other anchorage combined)
It's kinda looking like La Cruz is going to be another town that we will soon be falling in love with....stay tuned for more information on La Cruz in the next blog.