Mexico to French Polynesia
Our Pacific journey from Mexico to French Polynesia on Power Catamaran Savanah J
| Vessel Name: | Savanah J |
| Vessel Make/Model: | HYS Yachts |
| Hailing Port: | Mooloolabah |
11 May 2018 | 0 00'N:126 27'W, Crossed the Equator
Day 12
On the home run - only 7 days to go. We crossed the equator this moring around 10am with a toast to King Neptune. We have been progressing at a steady pace. Seas have been relativly calm. We had 3 days of 3-4m Swells and 20kn on our nose which was a little uncomfortable and slow going. Made it difficult [...]
03 May 2018 | 13 34'N:113 25'W, Middle of North Pacific
Day 5
5 days in and all is going really well. We have settled into a routine and just passing time. Thank goodness for kindle. We had our first tropical rain storm last night which apart from been a bit lumpy for a few hours gave the boat a good wash down and we managed to fill our water tanks up. So today is washing day. The water is warm and clear. We have been fishing but only managed to catch 1 so far but it was a MARLIN . All well on board. xx
18 April 2018 | Puerto Vallarta
Copper Canyon
After a few enjoyable nights on the islands we crossed the Sea of Cortez to mainland Mexico to catch with our cruising buddies Lyn and Dave and there family guests Viv and Bridget.
March - Sea of Cortez
The Sea or Cortez is alive with marine life. Sting Rays leaping from the water, Turtles and whale sightings.
Unfortunately while spening some very enjoyable evenings under anchor we established that our entire battery bank had died so causing us to have to run the generator several times during the night.
We arrived in LaPaz catching up with our cruising buddies Lyn and Dave on Moggy. We are all planning to cross to French Polynesia this season. We were informed by the French embassy VISA applications normally take between 1-2 months. Given that we need to leave in April we manage to get a very nice representative that expedited our interview date and will hopefully process our application within 30 days.
All four of us flew to Mexico City for 2 days, it was a speed City tour to fit in around our Embassy appointment. We were lucky enough to arrive on a public holiday so the City was buzzing with festivities celebrating their heritage. Mexico City was quite a surprise. It has a population of nearly 9 million (Australia's total population is around 23M). The city area has magnificent old buildings, cathedrals, and plazas with lots of parks, trees, and impressive statuary. And even more surprising very clean.
Traffic is horrendous - (it took us an hour to do a 7 km trip) but drivers are very polite, making room for merges, and no apparent road rage.
Once back to LaPaz our new urgency was to source new batteries. Something that is not that easy in Mexico. After 2 weeks we finally managed to source new batteries and have them installed. An expensive and stressful exercise that we could have done without.
So out to the islands to recover.
The islands are very sparse. Some beautiful white sand beaches with rock dessert cliffs. Hard to imagine that even a lizard could survive here.
Next month we plan to do a quick trip to Copper Canyons. Mexico's version of the Grand Canyon that they especially like to tell you is 4 times larger. Its main attraction is meant to be the train ride into the canyon. Known as one of the most scenic rail trips in the world.
XX John and Joanne
Sea of Cortez, Mexico
M.Y. Savanah J