Frisky Cruising Adventures

Sailing our new Maverick catamaran from Cape Town South Africa to the US East Coast

14 July 2018 | Kennebunkport ME
09 July 2018 | Massachusetts
06 July 2018 | Boston
30 June 2018 | Massachusetts
22 June 2018 | Fall River Massachusetts
20 June 2018 | Narragansett Bay
08 June 2018 | Connectictu
31 May 2018 | New York City
29 May 2018 | New York City
12 May 2018 | Gulf Stream North
08 May 2018 | Florida
07 May 2018 | East Coast USA
06 May 2018 | Bahamas
30 April 2018 | Nassau Bahamas
25 April 2018 | Bahamas
23 April 2018 | Exuma Land and Sea Park

Exiting the Bar -- Sandbar that is!

27 April 2016 | Bahia del Sol El Salvador
Linda
After a little more than a month of enjoying El Salvador, and the inland travel to Honduras and Guatemala, the high tide and weather forecasts were good for our departure -- to exit the sand bar at the harbor entrance.
Once a month, the high tide occurs early in the morning and late in the twilight so that there are theoretically two departure times that day. On Wednesday, April 27, the high tide was 6 am and 6 pm. In order to arrive in daylight two days later in Mexico, we choose the 6 am departure.
It was cloudy and overcast...and we even saw a few sprinkles as we exited the marina. Bill and the Marina pilot boat were right on time to lead us out the narrow channel. The swell was moderate that morning and we had a safe exit. The photo which Bill took from the pilot boat shows Purrrfect riding up over the swell as we crossed the sandbar. Later we learned that the swells increased a day later so that it wasn't possible to enter or exit for the next week. So we were lucky to have selected April 27 to depart.
We spent 2 days motor sailing 250 miles west past Guatemala on to the first port of entry in Mexico at Puerto Chiapas. It seemed strange after all these 5 years of cruising to be located only one country away from the USA.
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Vessel Name: Frisky
Vessel Make/Model: Maverick 400 Catamaran
Hailing Port: Ventura California
Extra: Sailing our NEW Maverick catamaran from Cape Town South Africa across the southern Atlantic, crossing the equator into the Caribbean and the East Coast USA
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