Tenacatita

Just a quick update to say we're in Tenacatita Bay (that's just 'up' the coast from Barra de Navidad) enjoying the calm waters and light breezes at anchor. Before we left Zihuatanejo, we stopped at Isla Grande to clean the bottom. Good thing we did: there wasn't a square inch that didn't have 4-6 barnacles clustered in it. Sometimes I wish I had an underwater digital camera ... well, we're going back for the bucks so maybe some new toys are in our future as well.

It's an odd feeling having our roles reversed on this trip. In the past we were the ones talking to and questioning cruisers who had made passages much farther afield than our initial efforts. Now people want to talk to us as if we're some sort of guru with all the secrets. We didn't figure out that the Nike tag line 'Just do it!' applies here until well into our long passages last year (well, in any event, I [yang] didn't, maybe Yin figured it out earlier). I'd love to pass that credo on, but just like us a year or more ago, that's not what the questioners want to hear as an answer. So we answer all the questions patiently and as precisely as possible just like our 'gurus' did for us. Somehow that's more comforting all around.

The fleet here have organized an afternoon swim and walk with an alternative of beach boche ball every day at 1:30 and 2:00 pm respectively. This is followed by beers at the palapa. Cruising is a tough life, but we all have our burdens to bear. Guess I'll have to go in and have another beer today.

love from us both, yin and yang

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