We made it past Cabo Corrientes....
17 March 2008 | Ipala
Jan
We have just rounded Cabo Corrientes at 11:00am with only slightly roly seas, almost no wind (5 knots out of the North) and some 5-6 ft swells but some 15 seconds apart...Quite comfortable, but still motor sailing. This area is the Mexican version of California's Point Conception, that can be no wind or 30knots with huge swells, because of the strong current coming from one direction and the wind coming from another... But both have been very uneventful for us...A little good luck, good timing and some planning seems to have helped us!!! We have now anchored for the night in a tiny village of Ipala that is home for maybe 17 families and 3 Palapa cantinas. There are 3 other boats that arrived since we anchored, so it's a pretty good stopping point after rounding the Cabo Corrientes or heading north into Banderas Bay. We will take off in the morning (Tuesday) for Chamela, where we will most likely stay for a few days...(we hear there is a French Baker that takes orders for fresh croissants there!!) We seem to have left the lush green Palm and jungle to the water type of surroundings of Banderas Bay to white rock and desert brush and cactus hill sides of what's known as the "Gold Coast". Water temp is just beginning to warm up to 68 degrees and the air is about 80 with a nice ocean breeze!!! We could ask for no more than this.
We wish you all warm breezes and beautiful sunsets...
Jan & Rob