There’s something unnerving about the feel of your boat, anchored securely fore an aft, rising up and up as a huge swell passes beneath, and then sinking into the trough as the swell thunders ashore in a tumultuous and astounding display of force and water smashing into the beach… quite unnerving to the uninitiated. Especially after dark, when your imagination runs wild.. and you keep running out to assure yourself the boats you were parallel with at dusk.. are still exactly where they’re supposed to be…
Welcome to Chacala.. the bay of rolly-polly.. We’re here and just as soon as we get our rolly-polly legs and balance back.. we’ll be lovin’ it. We had a great sail across Banderas Bay.. and then an energetic motor-sail up the coast to Chacala.. arrived here at 5 PM (PV time) which is 4 PM (everyone else’s time).. Got both our bow and stern anchors hooked and working…. Kathy had a quick dip and we spent the late afternoon and early evening enjoying the view from the cockpit. Sophie obliged us by using the mat and all was good. We cooked up our last piece of fish (remember ‘Diamond Jimmy”?) and then hit the sack early (or late depending on whose watch you looked at). Tomorrow we plan to visit the town in the morning and be back at the boat for swimming, etc. by early afternoon… and before the winds and seas pick up again. That’s the plan for now, anyway. We expect to spend Wed/Thur here and then push on up to San Blas on Friday… where we’ll spend the weekend. They say the Jejenes (pronounced hay-hay-nays – tiny no-see-ums that bite) are bad and may drive us crazy there. We’ll let you know. We’re going anyway as there’s a Jungle Tour we’d like to take… and friends of ours had their boat painted there for a phenomenal price… gotta check that out :-) Shannon’s been overdue since before we bought her.
Guess that’s it for now…. no internet here (in Chacala) but this will send once we have a connection somewhere…Hope all is well with all of you. Adios, CJ
Saturday, March 9th… Arrived San Blas yesterday… motor-boat ride up.. but caught a small Dorado along the way…sashimi for dinner. Jejenes not bad at all… More info later….
Hope all is well with all of you…. ttfn.. CJ
