Bahia de Huatulco

Well we have been here in Marina Chahue for a couple of days and getting much work done on the boat.  Jerry had done an oil change, changed out the impeller, topped off battery water, fixed the overflow bottle on the fresh water expansion tank, and tightened the packing on the prop shaft, while I cleaned the outside and inside of the boat, so we are ready to leave and head southeast.  The marina's docks are not very long, so we had to improvise with trying off to the dock and especially with the strong surge in here we have lines going from every cleat we could find.  But it is not uncommon, so do every other boat in the marina. 

our neighbor across from us

Bahia de Huatulco is comprised of nine bays and 36 sandy beautiful beaches.  Unfortunately only a hand full of them have the wind and wave protection to be a secure anchorage.  We chose to come into the marina to get work done, which I mentioned above.  We have gone into the town of La Crucecita which as a great center with shops, a market, and even a shopping center "mall". 

Shopping Center

Gotta love the honesty

We have been able to provision, jerry jug fuel (there is not fuel dock in the marina), fill our 5 gallon drinking water containers and even fill up our propane.  I can see why this is a favorite destination lots of Canadians to come and make their winter, or even full time home.  With the bays, the beaches and the green grass this is a very enjoyable stay. 

Outside Senor Puck's

We went to dinner last night with about 17 other cruisers (about 7 boats) that are all heading south across the infamously windy Gulf of Tehuentepec.  It is not unusual for this area to see 35-50 knots of wind during the season.  Well I know for a fact that SOMF and its crew do not want to got through even 25 knots of wind for two days, and I am sure that these other 7 boats do not either.  So we all got together after listening to the Southbound net on the SSB radio, which we were trying to hear Don Anderson's weather report, to talk about when the consensus of a good weather window to leave would be.  Well as always when you get people together lots of talking goes on, but not always about the same subject.  But I do believe that it sounds like we will be taking off Friday morning for our 248 mile east toward Puerto Madero ( Chiapas).  Which is where we will check out of the country and head south to El Salvador, Bahia del Sol.