Unbelievable

We left Banderas Bay on Jan 3rd not knowing where we would drop anchor next but knew we wanted to be on the hook.. We made a decision around 6pm to continue past Ipala, it had been a bit of a rocky trip so far but the wind was good so sailing sounded great.  Of course just a short time later the seas flattened out and the wind dropped to nothing so the motor went on.  We had seen several whales breach and rays jumping so the sea life was great.  Around 2am we were off Chamela and Di does not like to go into anchorages at night so it was going to be Tenacatita which we would reach around dawn.  Rog had not gotten much rest on the passage as Di decided conditions were perfect for sailing and turned off the engine, of course that woke him up and then Di decided there was no longer enough wind to sail so she turned on the engine, woke him up once again!!  So as dawn approached Rog was once again sleeping so Di circled off the entrance to the bay until she could see well enough to bring the boat in.  Of course changing directions also woke Rog up so in we headed right at dawn.

Center Rock is an important navigation point and must be taken to port.  Notice how beautiful and clear it was on Tues morning, by Friday morning we could not see the other side of the bay due to overcast and haze.

When we last visited Tenacatita in 2009 there had been one particular dolphin that came into the anchorage every day.  Di fondly named him Notch because there was a notch missing from his dorsal fin.  We no sooner dropped anchor around 8am and Notch showed up and began rubbing against our anchor chain. Unbelievable, two years later and he is still coming by twice a day to entertain all the boaters.  Unfortunately the bay has had its share of jelly fish too which makes swimming iffy.

Rog did decide it was safe to dive the boat as long as he was wearing a wet suit to protect himself from the jelly fish.  Bottom was in great shape but the strut and propeller shaft were cover in barnacles which took a good bit of work to remove.  We now appreciate Ted Buhl even more.

Sea Diamond arrived shortly after we did and anchored just off our port side.  They had been up in Careyes the day before enjoying a polo match.  Just after this photo was taken the boat was attacked by thousands of bees that tried to make a hive on their pilot house windows.  After several hours and many gallons of water they were finally gone.  Notice the beautiful clear skies!!!

By Friday morning there has a very heavy haze and low clouds hanging over the entire anchorage and it was cooler!!!  In all our trips to Tenacatita we have never had anything but beautiful sunny days but this entire season has been a little cooler which does make the evenings very pleasant.   So we will not complain about 80 degree days and 75 degree water.  It is still unbelievable that we are here enjoying it all.