From Barra to Tenacatita and Chamela

Finally made it out of Barra de Navidad the day after Jim arrived.  It was an easy short passage to Tenacatita where we spent a delightful couple of days.  The anchorage was uncrowded, the sunrises spectacular, and the dolphin visits the best.  Tenacatita is the only place I have heard of where the dolphins come over to anchored boats to scratch themselves on the anchor chain.  This time I was actually able to capture images of it.  Next stop was Chamela, a similar beautiful bay that has a small town where basic supplies can be found instead of friendly dolphins.  We'll spend a few days here while we wait for a good weather window to get around Cabo Corrientes.

A group of us went to Manglito's restaurant to celebrate

Mike's birthday.

Mikey likes it!  He was happy with the molcajete he

had been wanting.

After dinner we went to Lucy's Paradise to hear my buddy

Curt sit in with Doug Petigrew's Band.

The place was packed and everybody was having a

good time.  It was the last music night of the season.

  

This is the famous Lucy.  She's quite a character.

Next morning it was time to head to Tenacatita.  Many

cruisers had already left and the marina was pretty empty.

First evening in Tenacatita.  Solar panel tilted up to 

catch the last rays of sunlight.

The next day we made a surf landing in the dinghy.

Although the surf was small, we still got pooped.

Then we had to scramble over some rocks and ford

the creek to get to the only restaurant.

Dodging a boat that's looking to brave the bar.

The crowded beach

Circadian as seen from the restaurant

The wood-fired oven. (Not used to make the rollo del mar

Jim and I had.)

Sunrise the next morning was gorgeous.

The dolphins often come around to scratch

themselves on the anchor chains.

 Dolphin scratching on the anchor chain.

The dolphins weren't the only ones taking advantage of

the anchored sailboats.  Smaller fish took shelter from

the sun and airborne predators under the hull.

Fish under the boat

After a couple of days, we bid goodbye to the

dolphins and headed for Chamela, about

30 miles north.

We made it to Chamela by mid-afternoon and

anchored in the northwest corner of the bay.

We took the dinghy safely over the bar by following a

panga into the river.  It was low tide, so we made sure

the dinghy was securely anchored so it would still be

there when the tide came up.  Good thing, because all

the boats were floating when we came back.

The white boat is Patience, a boat that followed 

behind us from Tenacatita.  Circadian is the

dark hull.  This is the view from the table in

the restaurant where we had dinner.

Another crowded beach.

I met this fellow on our walk into the town of Perula.

This is the town plaza in Perula.  Pretty small, but it has

the basics.  Jim and I both got new Zorries there

as well as a few groceries.