We left Yelapa and sailed across Banderas Bay to La Cruz de Huanacaxtle . We were here last year and loved it so we decided to return. It’s a fun seaside town with lots of seafood, nice sandy beaches, an abundant music scene and many restaurants that attract people from afar. Locals embrace all who visit.
This area has a morning net where mariners check in with their vessel name on the VHF radio. It covers an array of topics each morning such as: who has arrived, who is leaving, if anybody needs any services, if anyone has lost or found anything, or if you have something to sell or news to report. We aren’t allowed to offer things for sale over the radio for money but we can sell our “treasures of the bilge” for coconuts (pesos). We heard our friends Tim and Gretchen check-in. We hadn’t seen them since last year. It’s always fun when cruising to cross paths with cruisers you’ve spent time with. It was a fun night starting with happy hour on Paul and Karyn’s boat “Talisman” and Tim & Gretchen from “Felicita”.
I had to hoist Kevin up the mast again today. This time the anchor light when out. Ugh! Because its a sealed unit the whole piece has to be replaced. A friend is going to the U.S. tomorrow and will bring one back for us. Specialty parts are difficult to get in Mexico and if you can order them they are so expensive its cheaper to take a flight to the U.S. and pick the part up yourself.
One of our Raymarine chart plotters won’t turn on so that’s a problem Kevin has been troubleshooting. He’s been on numerous calls with Raymarine reps over the past several days. Again, our friend going to the U.S. offered to take it with her and drop it off at FedEx to be shipped for repair. Once its fixed and/or replaced, it will be sent to a yacht broker we know in San Diego where Kevin will take a quick flight to pick it up. Nothing is easy when you are cruising outside the U.S.
We are plotting our course and checking weather so we can begin the next leg of our journey. We leave beautiful Banderas Bay and continue South down the Mexican coast.
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