Interesting anchorage this Bahia De Tenacatita

On many counts. First, there are usually MANY other boats here - anywhere from 10 on the low side to 50 on the yikes side. When we first arrived two days ago there were 2 other boats. They have since left and we are now the ONLY boat in the entire anchorage. Goes to show you that the early bird does sometimes fly alone. Today the wind is off the cove bank at a goodly breeze and it is the first day in weeks that the air temp exceeds the humidity. Yahoo! Strange. Looking out across the bay we have seen nada - haze and more haze. Our solar panels were not cutting it. Had to start up the engine to recharge and make water. This morning after the only other boat left we upped the anchor and moved, tucking further into the corner of the bay near the "party beach" to get out of the swell. Just as we got the anchor down 4 large dolphins came to visit. They found great fun in using our anchor chain as a loofa - scrapping their bodies along the chain over and over - sometimes swimming between the snubber loop and chain. I so wanted to get in the water and swim with them but I am just at the ucky chest stage of a nasty cold. That is why we are still here in Tenacatitia. Rich says we are staying until I am well and can't say as that is such a bad idea. Also today we saw 50 or more large butterflies flitting around Ceilidh. All colours, shapes and sizes. Fantastic!

That covers some of the interesting nature adventures - all without leaving Ceilidh! On to the human/boat interactions and points of interest. Pontoon boat dragging anchor on 2 different days and floating out to the middle of the bay before retrieval. No damage done and no close calls. Whew. On our 2nd morning here I was out wiping the dew off Ceilidh when I looked up and saw the other boat in the anchorage reversing rapidly towards the rocks pulling their anchor in front of them. What? The must have accidentally knocked the boat into reverse and the anchor did not hold. We tried to call them on the VHF. No answer and they were getting within 3 boat lengths of the rocks. Next Rich used our load hailer to broadcast a warning. No answer and they were within 2 boat lengths of the rocks. Rich started YELLING. Someone popped up the hatch and ran to put the gear in forward - they were just about on the rocks. YIKES. That was a very scary experience. We have not inflated the dingy so we were basically unable to do any more that we did. So happy we were not helping in a salvage situation and that they could just motor away looking very shook up. As the littles may remember, you never know what you'll see on the way down Mulberry Street (he he).

So we'll be here another day or so. Tomorrow if I'm feeling better we'll inflate our new 2 person KAYAK! Thanks to Laurie and Jay of Strange Bird I finally got my wish. We'll test it out by paddling around the edge of the bay and do a beach walk. Tonight I think I'll try my luck fishing off Ceilidh and see if the dolphins left any fish for us. We're not sure of our next stop. Might be Bara De Navadad, Mazanillo, or straight on to Zihuatanejo. Ahh the choices we are faced with.

Love to all from the yin side