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Las Hadas to La Cruz

Our first stop when we left Las Hadas  on 2/18 was Santiago Bay. It’s a beautiful Bay just north of Manzanillo Bay.  During the week there is not much going on, but Sundays it is a happening place.  Live music, lots of palapas serving food and beverages, beach vendors  with carts, tables and chairs and umbrellas to rent, jet skis to rent, and waterskiing.


The swimming was great.  Water temp was 79! Snorkeling was OK, but the water was murky so the visibility wasn’t too good.

Next stop was back in Barra de Navidad Lagoon.  We fueled up, got our laundry done, bought some more fresh food and waited for a bad weather system to pass before heading north. In the mean time we re-connected with some friends and made some new friends. It was Carnival (Mardi Gras) weekend in Barra – lots of partying going on!
The French Baker delivers fresh bread and other goodies
every morning to the boats anchored in the Lagoon.

Market day in the town square every Thursday.

We went for a walk one day out to one of the Grand Bay Hotel
beaches. This amazing stairway took us up around the cliff and
to a beautiful private beach.

Beach at the other side of the stairway
Waiting in Barra for the hard N'lys to ease off for our leg north around Cabo Corrientes (translates to: cape of Currents), which has a reputation equal to California's Pt. Conception, we took a short hop back up to Tentacatita.  Woke up the first morning to a S'ly! and Don Anderson's weather guru forecast that the dreaded Cabo Corrientes had settled down.  "It never gets calmer than this."  We hustled around getting the boat ready and raised anchor at 1030, got out into a light southerly and seas flattening out.  Passing Chamela, last good anchorage south of Banderas Bay in late afternoon, conditions still looked favorable so we carried on.
Two hours later the S'ly dropped and a 16 knot N'ly sprang up in 10 minutes time, right on the nose.  Going was good for a few more hours til it had built to 22-24 knots true, right on the nose, and VERY sloppy sea.  Double reef and Staysail, Loomba-Loomba got her decks and cabin well-washed.  We are fairweather sailors.  That's why we bought a Fairweather Mariner 39.  Sometimes it's just a matter of luck, even with the best weather forecasters.  32 hours later we dropped the hook in La Cruz, where we will stay for a few days to meet Chrissy's brother and hopefully buddy-boat north with the good ship Anna. 

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  1. dolffunMarch 3, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    The beach looks so inviting. Glad you had a relatively easy time getting north. Hope you have fun with Tom and friends. Thanks for keeping us posted with the photos.

    The past few weeks have been a little difficult with the cancer treatment on my face. Didn't know it would be this painful, and look so awful. Last week little kids were frightened because of my skin. John said I looked like I had been made up for a horror movie. I was sorry I wasn't able to see RL and Flowmotion when they were here. That's the news from Palo Alto.

    Miss you guys!

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