Peggy & Pat's Sailing Adventures
On April 15 Rob & Taya (Peggy’s brother and his wife) came for a visit. We had not seen them since Christmas and it was great to catch up with family. They flew into the international airport that is shared by Barra and Manzanillo, about 40 minutes from both. We met them at the airport and after getting them settled
We motored the 5 miles from Cuestacomate to Barra de Navidad and pulled into a slip at the Grand Isla Navidad Resort. Being the ‘task oriented’ people we are, we got right to work. First was supervising a crew in a thorough cleaning of the boat. It had been a few weeks since a good wash-down and with guests arriving
It was an easy downwind sail (wind 8 – 10 knots, at 150 degrees apparent) from Tenacatita to Cuastecomate. From the boat, the town looked nice and very compact. We took the dinghy in and found a VERY nice little town. The beach is lined with nice restaurants, some family oriented, some more for adults, but all a little more
Continue readingCuastecomate – small and surprisingly affluent!
In the morning we took a dinghy ride through a mangrove swamp. The ride was a couple miles long and at times was so narrow that we were grabbing branches on both sides to make sure they did not puncture the inflated pontoons on the sides of our dinghy. We saw a couple very small (18 inch) crocs but were
We were told there was great snorkeling in Tenacatita Bay in an area called “The Aquarium” and we were not disappointed. Yesterday and today we spent hours in that area and saw enormous numbers of fish and one of the largest expanses of healthy coral that I have ever seen. First, this is what it looked like directly under Calista:
We pulled anchor from beautiful Paraiso about noon this morning, April 9 and headed south. The winds were good, if a bit on the light side. We had a great sail and saw a large sea turtle and a number of sea birds, mostly Boobies. We had not used our Code0 sail (a big foresail used for lighter winds) and
Mid-day April 7 we pulled anchor from Punta Perula and headed for Paraiso, a short 8 miles south. The winds were perfect and we sailed the whole way, doing about 8 knots average. A short but great sail. We dropped anchor around 3pm in an idilic cove with clear blue / green water and a really pretty beach with a
This morning we took our dinghy into Punta Perula, expecting it to be similar to most small coastal towns in this part of Mexico – a combination of beach town for locals and a fishing village. We were pleasantly surprised! It does have the normal beach restaurants with plastic tables and chairs and umbrellas on the beach. But take a
This morning we went for a dinghy ride around Isla Cocinas. It has some small secluded beaches and one beach that tourist boats come to. It even has one beach called Playa Nudista! There are numerous rocky inlets with pounding surf and one really pretty arch. In the afternoon we moved about a mile north to see the town of
We left Puerto Vallarta Saturday morning and motored all day because there was very little wind and it was coming right at us. We arrived in Ipala about 4pm, spent the night on anchor and woke up Easter morning to a beautiful sunrise. We left by 7am and motored in the morning but had a great sail in the afternoon