Friends visit

As I mentioned in my last posting Jay and Laurie Ailworth drove down to Tenacatita to spend a few days away from their hectic schedule in PV. Laurie has finally finished her obligation to the Vallarta Yacht Club and was very deserving of a few days R and R. Jay will never be finished as the official photographer for the yacht club events but as there was a club race in Tenacatita Bay he just had to come down too! Someone had to record the event for future generations and I can guarantee that my photos are not worthy.

We did not mention the pelicans over in the Bara de Navidad area. There were so many that a few birds migrated over to Tenacatita. They were forever dive bombing boats in the hope of getting that one great fish. In the process they kept hitting the side of the boat, you would think they would eventually give up but they never did. This guy had caught a few fish and was taking a break right off the back of the boat.

While we were anchored in Tenacatita the race was held across the bay with the start in front of La Manzanillo. This is a very small beach town with any colorful palapas. Before the race there was a bit on confusion as some crew member were on shore with no way to get out to the participating boats but thanks to the heroic effort of our friend Sylvia Fox a ponga was enlisted to help. Just a $1000 pesos would take eight sailers to and from their respective boats. Such a bargin.

There were big and little boats in the race. Blue, the J160 and bright Star, the Jenneau 44 made the long trip down from PV just to find very mild sailing conditions. No problem on Di's Dream as we were out to have fun.

After we returned from the race we were entertained by a pair of dolphin that were sailing in perfect unison. They stayed with us until dusk which ended a perfect day on the water.

This should have been the first picture of this blog as it it a sunrise shot but I thought I would save the best for last. We had a wonderful time with Jay and Laurie and knew that as soon as they got off the boat on Sunday morning we would be heading back to Paradise. The weather called for very light wind out of the south, never happened, and a very small swell. Tuesday the weather would be changing so it was time to pull up and head home.