We have had a wonderful time since our last post. Our first stop after leaving Barra de Navidad was a wonderful little anchorage just north of Manzanillo called Ensenada Carrizal. Here we met up with our friends on Full & By, Buena Vida and Kasasa, we were going to stay only one night but stayed 2 instead as it was such a great anchorage. Who says you can't water ski behind a dinghy? Julie, Dick, "Lawnboy" and Ian all took a turn at skiing behind our dinghy....good thing it has a 15 HP outboard, the water ski was actually Julie's surfboard. Everyone had a great time (see the pics and video on the blog). There was also great snorkeling in the bay, lots of colourful fish and coral. In the evenings we had potluck dinners on one of our boats and of course "Happy Hour".
Next we went to Santiago Bay, again another beautiful anchorage. The white sandy beach stretched for miles and was lined with Palapas, houses and hotels. The water was clear enough for us to make water in the bay. One thing about these anchorages is that on we beach the beach we walk for miles. There was a large market in Santiago, Carole was really good and did not buy anything....where would be put it on the boat!!
We then went onto Las Hadas, when we arrived here we felt like we were in the Mediterranean, our friends said it was like Spain. The bay was surrounded by white hotels and houses tucked into the hillside that rose out of the water. Further around the corner was a long sandy beach stretching into Santiago and Manzanillo.
Last night we had a farewell to the boats in the bay that were leaving, either heading north or south, thanks Ann for organizing the raft up at your boat. A great time was had by all. Once more it was difficult saying our goodbye to our friends Julie and Jeff and Dick and Ann, we will see Dick and Ann again when we are home in Canada and we hope to meet up with Julie and Jeff somewhere ... maybe even the Med??
This morning we pulled anchor and are now heading for Zihuantanejo, we are hoping to do this in "one" overnight but may stop along the way. At the most it will take us a couple of days and will likely not have internet until we get to "ZTown". We are buddy boating with Mangereva and Gosling.
The temperature is 80 degrees today and we are motoring along at 5.3 knots. The winds are 10 knots from the south, so it is time to go and set our sails, although we will likely have to motor sail to keep our speed up.