So, we said our farewells, hauled the anchor, and fired up the bloody engine. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the engine, a very handy thing to have out here. The issue is simply that most of us prefer to sail our sailboats. This part of the world, at this time of the year has very light winds. I will stop there on that subject. Eventually, of course, wind we did get. Cabo Corrientes is known as a windy spot, being the furthest west point of land in Mexico (other than the Baja Peninsula). Then we had some good fun in 15-20knots of wind behind us. Willow loves this type of sailing and we go fast. Tara seemed to like it as well, Ben and Nikki were very happy when we spoke on the radio. Then the sunset, the sleigh ride ended and we were back to 2-3knots of boat speed, down from 6-7knots.
The night was very peaceful and warm and the miles ticked on by. Bonnie took over the watch at about 4am, two hours before sunrise, give or take. She milked the fading breeze and there we were, peaceful floating along, headed back north with the current. There is usually heavy thought given to actually starting the engine. Not this time. It is difficult to drift around when you are close to your goal. Our goal was a very beautiful anchorage in Bahia Tenacatita. Fantastic snorkeling, tremendous scenery for the purple, pink and red sunsets we have been getting. So we burn a bit of diesel and make a bit of noise and there we are. Hmmm, it seems like I talk about motoring a bit. The reality is that we sailed 90% of the time on this last 100mile run.
We had a few days of surf at Punta de Mita. Very small and inconsistent, but we really wanted to be out in the water. Here are a few shots Scott took with a very cool wrist mounted, waterproofed, digital camera. Everyone seems to have there own look out there.
Here is Ryan; everyone has agreed that he looks hot in this particular photo, even the guys that have been willing to comment. There you go Ryan….
