Crossing the Gulf of Tuanatepec!

We left the marina of Huatulco at 4pm on Thursday the 3rd of March, SV Whiteshell left right before us, with Sv Rio Nimpkish and SV Sunny Side Up right behind us.  It was a 257 mile trip across the Tuanatepec, and with all we have heard and been listening we picked a really good weather window to cross.  We had an easy, smooth, calm ride, we did not fish nor put the sails up. We just wanted to be prepared in case we ran into some wind.  We arrived in Puerto Chiapas around 1:30pm on Saturday, we were the last ones out of the 4 boats to enter, but we made it with a great trip. 

A couple of pangas fishermen came up to the boat while out wanting soda, water, they had to show all hammer head sharks..this is why they are endangered, so small.

Puerto Chiapas Anchorage

It took us three times to anchor, we kept dragging, with was what we pulled up on the second try..we think is was a rudder and a large rock.  It was so heavy we are lucky it did not screw up our windless

From the anchorage we took our dingy to check out the shrimp boat the fuel dock, the water was so oily and gross that we decided to not get fuel here, we could make it to El Salvador on the fuel we already had

Of coarse I had to take a picture of the church in town, the town is called Puerto Madero

Erin from SV Rio Nimpkish and Lou and Clause from SV Whiteshell at dinner overlooking the tuanatapec!

Monday morning all four boats decided it was time to go and get checked out of the country to get ready to leave and to go to El Salvador.  It was a very long day having to go to the port captain, API ( to pay to anchor), Immigration at the airport, and with many wrong turns and miss hap's  we finally were checked out and just needing the Mexican Navy to search the boat to exit the county.  Erin from Rio Nimpkish decided that we needed to have a race on who all could get it all done first.  Even with the wrong turns SV SOMF and SV Sunnyside Up won...Go America ( rio nimpkish and whiteshell are from Canada, while Sunnyside up is from Ventura California.

Volleyball in the center of town, I think the whole town was there

Strike a pose!

the main mode of transportation was either by bicycle cart or by seats in the back of a pickup truck...We went with the truck, I would feel guilty sitting a cart while these boys are pedaling in 90 degree weather.