a calm anchorage all to ourselves, just waiting to be explored in the morning, what more can you ask for in Baja.
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Beaches beaches beaches.... the north side of the island has some great nooks, coves and even caved in arches to make for some great resting places for shells. Could have stayed days here but wanted to move north for warmer waters. We could only spend twenty minutes in our lycra suits before chills had us swimming back to the beach for warmth. But the reef life is beautiful, so maybe next year we will have better conditions. This is definitely a place we will come back to.
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Besides growing a beard while I was gone, Tony has been honing his gunkhole dingy fishing skills. Caught two trigger fish and a sea bass just cruising around the rocks off the point of the Island. Trigger makes great ceviche, so I prepped it that night with Lime, chiles, tomatoes and cilantro for fish tostadas the next day. That night we had grilled sea bass on the BBQ and enjoyed having the anchorage all to ourselves for a day.
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After a day well spent combing the beach for "olives" and other great shells and prepping Tony's triggerfish for Ceviche, we took a break to enjoy yet another fabulous sunset.
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We will probably sail Cartagena to Panama in Sept. Stay safe with all the canes swirling on both coasts. Spike
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after a hiatus where I worked in Las Vegas for a few weeks and Tony single handed the boat over to La Paz from Mazatlan. We are back together on the boat again and out to dinner with old freinds and new. Erik and Terry on Mija have introduced us to cruisers on "Jacaranda" and "Angel Fish" for a night out on the town
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we arrived in Tenacatita after sailing down from Chamela. This leg of the trip really began in Banderas bay. From there, we sailed around Cabo Corrientes, which is a kind of "point conception" of Mexico. You only go on calm days and it can get pretty choppy out there. As luck would have it, there was an unforseen southerly, so as we reefed down and beat into the wind, two boats heading north passed us flying their spinnakers. Ah, well, conditions too rough to pull into the anchorage just south of the point, so we decided to sail through the night to Chamela, a fairly protected anchorage 60 miles south. After sunset the wind died and we had an uneventful sail at 2-4 knots to get there. The slow pace worked to get us there just at daybreak so we would not have to negotiate a new anchorage in the dark. Surf too big at Chamela to land, so the next day we set sail for Tenacatita, which is fabulous. The highlight here is taking your dingy up river to the town of tenacatita. It takes about an hour and provides vistas of more birds- but no crocodiles this time.
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For about half of the trip, mangroves form a canopy over the river and as we cut the engine and glide along, it is just magical.
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