La Cruz is NOT a hurricane holeBusted up marina slipsAnchorage at La Cruz..23 knots of wind during surgeI woke up early on 3-11 , slammed some sub-standard coffee and checked the news via the internet. UH OH!!. I read about the quake in Japan , turned …
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Back home and then a Tsunami……
In late Feburary, feeling a bit homesick and needing to pick up some boat parts back in the states, I flew home on Feb. 22 for 2 weeks.Wow, culture shock!!. It was cold and rainy when I got home. I hadn’t realized how much I had gotten used to the warm…
Tenacatita and the return north…..
I left Barra de Navidad late January for the trip to Tenacatita, having heard lots of wonderful things about this place. It’s about 20 miles north of Manzanillo. It’s a good size bay appx. 3×3 miles overall. During August of 2010 a developer in Guadala…
Tenacatita Pictures
At anchor in TenacatitaPalapa restaurantChowing on the beach!!!Daily cruisers gathering on the beachWaiting for the next surf victimCricket game, Tenacatita style!!Rollo del Mar…YUMThe parking lotParty on Godzilla
Barra de Navidad
For a long time I’d been hearing about Barra de Navidad and the adjacent lagoon. Mostly from friends who were cruising Mexico’s Pacific coast. Since I had arrived in Puerto Vallarta, Barra was high on my list of places I wanted to visit. After my…
Heading south…Chemela
At Anchor in ChemelaIncredible BeachIs that a sunset…..or WHAT?After family departed Jan. 6th, I waited for a weather window to head south. After 3 rolly days anchored out in La Cruz, I left 4am Jan 10th. for Chamela. Cabo Corrientes has a repu…
Strangers in Paradise
No discharge sign in Chacala12-31-2010 in La CruzWow, what an adventure!!..Alex and Kaitlyn arrived Dec.29th as planned. But NO RONELLE!!!..Seems she had a passport meltdown and required 3 trips to LAX to finally board the plane Dec. 30th. She IS persi…
Al Fresco… Part Deaux……
After 4 weeks in a Marina I finally tired of the yacht club, starbux, the mall and feeling like I was back in Encino. Plus the expense was getting to me!Earlier this week I pulled the plug, lit off the engines and headed 5 miles north in the bay to La …
