Trawler Blogs

Sunrise on Thursday, January 2 Eric was at the marina office as soon as they opened. He found out that the coffee tour and the chocolate tour are in opposite directions and needed to be done on different days. The … Continue reading →

Sunrise on Wednesday, January 1 Christi woke up at 0500. Keith woke up at 0600. Both were grouchy and out of sorts all day from not getting a full night of sleep.  Here is a photo of the cute little … Continue reading →

Monday December 30 continued from yesterday… We decided to head into the closest city, called Tapachula, which was about a half-hour away. We loaded into the car and headed inland towards the mountains. Along the highway between Puerto Madero and … Continue reading →

On Monday, December 30, Eric was feeling antsy to get out of the marina. The other cruisers had told us the public transit for the area were mini-vans called Collectivos that followed a route. The route had no set stops … Continue reading →

Saturday, December 28 – This morning Christi went out to scrub the bird poop shortly after sunrise, wanting to get it done before it was too hot out. She was horrified to see that the entire boat was covered with … Continue reading →

Friday December 27 — Continued from yesterday… At 0940, we turned into the channel into Puerto Chiapas/Puerto Madero.  If our understanding is correct, Puerto Chiapas is the south side of the channel, which has a large navy base and the … Continue reading →

Thursday December 26 — Last night, we officially entered Gulf of Tehuantepec. The Gulf of Tehuantepec is “lowest landform between Mexico and Northern Central America, allowing unhindered wind passage from the Gulf of Mexico.” What that means is that it’s … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 25 — The worsening of sea conditions that happened late on Tuesday night didn’t last long. During the wee hours of the morning, the wind calmed down, the lightning vanished, and the sea conditions began to slowly improve. … Continue reading →