Cabo to Puerto Vallarta Day 4
27 November 2016 | Day 4
Day 3
Wonderful sunrise. It's so good to be alive.
Dolphins come to play around the boat again. Dozens of them.
I think they like the contact.
They play in the bow wave and just seem to jump for joy.
Their company thrills us.
I'm happy.
After breakfast we put on the water maker.
I don't want any Mexican water in my water tanks so I make some whilst still at sea.
Not that it's bad water it's just I don't trust it. Even the major hotels have their own water filtration plants.
It's different bacteria in the water and it may bother our 'oh so sensitive' tummies.
Don't want that now do we?
Not a breath of air out here.
A little swell left from yesterday's wind but otherwise just us and the odd fishing boat out here.
You wonder how the ships in the old days ever moved around at all.
No wind. No go.
I realize we are now in the ITZ zone. It stretching right up here from Panama at times.
That's what we used to call the Doldrums.
We aim for Banderols bay.
Puerto Vallarta is at one end with the sandy beaches but what we want is the marina in the fishing village of La Crux.
That's The Cross in translation.
We see on the chart plotter that there is an un charted Rock called Pinta Mita close to the shore. Just where we want to come in so to be safe we decide to come in the other end of the bay.
Coming in at night as we are, safety is of paramount importance.
Especially after losing a boat in the Ha Ha.
We don't want to go the same way. Up on a reef at night.
As we approach the bay we realise that the course we have chosen is still between an island and a reef.
What if the charts aren't all that accurate?
They say you shouldn't trust Mexican charts and here we are heading between two rocks.
Hmm. Maybe not a good idea.
We think about and decide to re route right round them completely.
Just to be sure.
Well that adds another hour or more to our journey. At least we are on the motor so no worry about sails plan.
But after an hour we start to question our decision.
It would have much quicker to have taken a chance on the uncharted rock.
Still we are committed and its the safe route.
Finally we round the end of the last reef. Still in 300 feet of water and turn to the marina.
We joke about selecting the cruise ship route and one passed us.
Oh boy are we safety first!
At last we reach the anchorage area and are able to chose a good location to anchor.
We drop the hook and after setting it we wait to see if it holds.
It seems to.
We set the anchor alarm watch and the clock alarm for an hour.
I have an anchor alarm on my I phone called Drag Queen.
I set it to warn me if we move more that 100 feet from the starting point.
I can usually tell if if we are moving but it's nice to know.
Ahh.
Relax and sleep at last.
Even though only for an hour at a time.