Anchored at La Cruz

20 44.920 N, 105 22.236 W
We anchored this morning at 8:30 am just a short distance from the breakwater for the marina at La Cruz. After settling the boat, taking showers and having some breakfast we were ready for a long nap.
The best thing about passage is arriving at your destination, everything else can sometimes be distant tenth place or more. It is no fun to be sleep deprived and with the confused seas of the second day and night it was hard to sleep. We were on the same tack the entire trip which made it easier but the short choppy seas were not fun. We are getting better on stowing items so they remain in place during passage. I did not expect a piece of moulding on the port side above the settee to fall down but as it was not glued or screwed in but only on by friction I should not be surprised. We got quite a shaking. I did manage to read and finish two books. We also had many porpoises join us on the second day for over an hour. One jumped right in front of the boat over eight feet in the air. Very impressive. The first day we saw almost no signs of life.

Last night when the winds started to diminish we decided to motor a bit. Rich switched us over to the forward fuel tank. Shortly after starting the engine, it quit. We started it again and it ran for a bit, then quit. We suspect that we either got some bad fuel or some other cause. As we want to save the fuel in the aft tank which seemed to be okay for when we arrived, we unfurled the staysail to sail instead. We were only doing about 3-4 knots but that was okay since slowing down meant we would be arriving at sunrise and it would be light so we could maneuver more comfortably.

As we rounded Punta de Mita there are some rocks we need to avoid. Unfortunately the C-map charts show these in different positions than the Navionics Gold charts on the IPad. Which is correct? Not knowing we tried to avoid the rocks on both charts. We were successful and did not hit anything. Not sure if more information was better or worse.

Tomorrow we will listen to the morning net and then go into La Cruz for a reconnoiter. I need to buy more time on our Telcel Amigo Internet plan for the IPad. It expires today.

Adios
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