Tuesday, December-03-13

 Ok Jan and I took the dink ashore today and did a bit of a grocery shop at Las Hadas in Manzanillio, got back to the boat after dark. Had a swim to cool down before getting underway- will be motoring out of Manzanillio by 9pm for a overnight sail down the coast to our next anchorage about 80 miles away or so. It’s a calm night and probably will have to motor most of the way. It’s a dark night with no moon, the stars should be brilliant.  By for now.

Wednesday, December-04-13

HI, we departed Manzanillo after dark and spent the night sailing down the coast to Bahia Maruata, Calm night with lots of stars and dolphins. We arrived just after noon today- pretty little bay with a small village, a child on the beach spotted us as we came into anchor and started to wave and call to us. There was a little cantina on the beach that looked deserted but as soon as we had the hook down the music started to play. no doubt for our benefit. but unfortunately the anchorage was very rough so we decided after just a few minutes to move a dozen miles down the coast to the next bay. So we arrived at Ensenada De Pechilinquillo at about 3pm, just as we were about to turn into the bay we hooked a big ass tuna, it gave me a tough fight and I thought for sure it would break the line but together, Jan and I manage to tire it out and land it on the boat- got pictures. Since we don’t like to eat this species of tuna as the meat is very dark, we let it go. The bay is much more comfortable and aside from some fishing shack a couple of miles down the beach where a coast road dips down to the sea, we have the place to ourselves. The water here is warmer still, and very clear. Think we will spent tomorrow here to snorkel and explore. We are only about 90 miles or so from Ixtapa where we plan on meeting Marina when she fly’s down on the 14th of December.

There is no cell service along this stretch of the coast so I’ll be using my ham radio to send and receive emails for a bit. take care Love from Andy & Jan