Dave and Jan on SV Cuervo decided to buddy boat with us 181 miles to Isla Grande, which was going to take about 36 hours. We decided to leave at sun up which was around 7 am on Thursday the 17th and start our journey southeast.
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| Sunrise leaving Bahie Manzanillo |
The first day was a great motor boat ride we did have about a 45 min detour while we had to navigate around a 2 mile long line that the panga fishermen put out everyday and check to see if they have any fish attached to the lines hanging in the water. But after that we had an easy first day on the water. The nights were great too, because we had a great full moon, so it was easy to spot the cruise ships, cargo tanks, and all other traffic on the water. The second day was great, we did have to slow down for about an hours due to SV Cuervo had their raw water pump clog up and go out on them and their engine was starting to overheat, we they fished out the jellyfish that clogged it and replaced the pump, we know how that feels to have your engine overheat from the time we crossed the sea of cortez. After that we had a great motor sail down with about 7 knots of wind on our beam and arrived in Isla Grande around 6 pm.
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| It was awesome seeing tons of Sea Turtles |
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| Shiraz on his watch |
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| Sunrise the second day with SV Cuervo ahead of us! |
The anchorage is quite small so we had to fit in with the four other boats, including SV Cuervo, to try to get in close because this is known as a little rolly anchorage.
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| When we were setting the anchor skeeter fell off the boat, Jerry was able to climb down the side and I grabed Skeeter up by the colar. Luckely the water was 80 degrees!! |
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| Sunset from Isla Grande Anchorage! |
Today we are going to go snorkeling and swimming and enjoy the 79 degree clear water, then tomorrow we are going to pick up anchor and head 10 nm southeast to Zihuatanejo.
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