Well we made it ok across the Gulf of Tehuanapec with only a soggy bunk and printer to show for it. Had a good spinnaker run up to Salinas Cruz for a few hours before the wind built to 20-30 knots just forward of the beam sometime around 10 pm. Under mizzen and reefed main we motor-sailed through the choppy seas making 6 knots while taking a lot of spray over the bow. Wind began to die after 6 hours so it was a nice sail in 10-15 knots again forward of the beam for the next 18 hours.

Then just before nightfall of our second day the wind died again so we were back to motoring while staying within a couple of miles of the beach just in case the wind roared back to life. Some time around 2 am a couple of heavy rain squalls crossed our paths, lots of rain but not much wind. Not a problem but there were a lot of shrippers and pangas out fishing and the rain was so thick at times that it blacked out much of our radar making it hard to  see the other boats.

We raised Chiapas near the Guatemalan border by day break and were at the dock of the marina by 10 a.m. 48 hours after leaving Hualtuco. Actually the trip- the 250 mile crossing went very well except for the ports we forgot to seal properly before leaving harbor. So its official we are now Tehuanapecers. Not the same as being Cape Horners but and honor all the same.

So I think we are going to hang out here for a while and do some touring into the interior of Guatemala to see some ruins and volcanoes. should be cool. well by for now Andy and Jan on Maiatla.