After Jack and Elvia departed, Eva lost the war with the no-see-ums and skeeters and was pretty much in hell with itching, or trying not to itch, for the next two days. We got
South Trail out of the river mouth easily, and set a course for Chacala a short 20 mile or so trip south. This was again a new anchorage for us, and we were hoping to catch some cruising friends from Ventura, Jim and Jeannine from
s/v Char Ann on our way to Banderas Bay and Puerto Vallarta. We got them on VHF radio about an hour into our sail. They were leaving Chacala! Bummer! We saw eachother later in the day... Two ships passing...
We were bummin' on missing our compadres when all of a sudden... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!! The not so familiar sound on this trip of a fish on our trolling line. It was a very nice Sierra which we fileted, bbq'd and had as tacos. Muy bueno comida! The ocean wisked our friends away, but gave us a nice fish... Good Yin/Yang balance of life stuff...
Dover checking out Chacala as we pull in. This is about 20 miles from Punta Mita, the northern point of Banderas Bay which is home to Puerto Vallarta. We stayed here for just one night as we have friends flying into Puerto Vallarta on March 11th and we need to get into a slip somewhere in the bay.
I made it a point to take a dip in Chacala, and let me tell you, the salt water did wonders for my very itchy bug bitten skin!
We saw a gorgeous sunset before packing it in for the night.
As Craig weighs anchor, we wave goodbye to our old G-Dock neighbors, Jim and Lucy, s/v Passage II whom we anchored next to here in Chacala. They are headed into Banderas Bay as well, and we look forward to seeing more of them down the road.
This picture sums up our mood on the next leg to Banderas Bay. Seas are rough. There is not enough wind to sail for the first five hours and we are forced by rum line to be riding in the trough. Everybody is a wee bit sea sick. The sun is also pounding on us, and poor Dover is just a little black sun sponge!
When we take the left turn into Bahia Banderas everything changes, wind pipes up, we are going downswell and now flying! This is Craig's best sail of the trip thus far and he turns Sig the Autopilot off so that he can enjoy helming this great sail. We were cruising at 7.5 knots sustained with bursts of 9 and 10 knots with the swell. What a great way to arrive in our furthest southern destination!
Craig secured a slip for us via VHF at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle which is about 15 miles from Puerto Vallarta. We stayed in La Cruz during our last visit in 2005, but there was no marina at that time just a good anchorage and beautiful, peaceful beach community. What a change! It was great to get into the barn and clean-up our very messy boat...
Dover checking out Chacala as we pull in. This is about 20 miles from Punta Mita, the northern point of Banderas Bay which is home to Puerto Vallarta. We stayed here for just one night as we have friends flying into Puerto Vallarta on March 11th and we need to get into a slip somewhere in the bay. 
I made it a point to take a dip in Chacala, and let me tell you, the salt water did wonders for my very itchy bug bitten skin!
We saw a gorgeous sunset before packing it in for the night.
As Craig weighs anchor, we wave goodbye to our old G-Dock neighbors, Jim and Lucy, s/v Passage II whom we anchored next to here in Chacala. They are headed into Banderas Bay as well, and we look forward to seeing more of them down the road.
This picture sums up our mood on the next leg to Banderas Bay. Seas are rough. There is not enough wind to sail for the first five hours and we are forced by rum line to be riding in the trough. Everybody is a wee bit sea sick. The sun is also pounding on us, and poor Dover is just a little black sun sponge!
When we take the left turn into Bahia Banderas everything changes, wind pipes up, we are going downswell and now flying! This is Craig's best sail of the trip thus far and he turns Sig the Autopilot off so that he can enjoy helming this great sail. We were cruising at 7.5 knots sustained with bursts of 9 and 10 knots with the swell. What a great way to arrive in our furthest southern destination!
Craig secured a slip for us via VHF at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle which is about 15 miles from Puerto Vallarta. We stayed in La Cruz during our last visit in 2005, but there was no marina at that time just a good anchorage and beautiful, peaceful beach community. What a change! It was great to get into the barn and clean-up our very messy boat... 
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