We left Marina Chahue in Huatulco on February 7, 2015. I noticed that even at mid-tide on a falling tide, the surge in the marina was impressive. As it can be, there. (Protip: break out the trucker hitches you'd used as mooring lines in Mazatlan, and use them again in Marina Chahue.) It was very…
Readers of this here blog already know how much I enjoy exploring Precolumbian archaeological sites. Copalita, just outside of Huatulco in Mexico's state of Oaxaca, is one of my favorites.Way back in 2015 the cab ride took 10-15 minutes from the marina and the round trip cab fare was a mere US $11. The museum…
So, yeah, that fair current that pushed us along and right out of the way of that brewing Tehuantepec gale? To avoid making landfall somewhere around Huatulco in the middle of the night, we had to drop our engine speed to 2100 rpm. We saw we were still scooting along the 30'-35' depth contour at…
Still no pics. I'm all business when I cross Tehuantepecs. It turned out we'd assessed the forecast correctly. As we left the shelter of Puerto Chiapas and came onto open water, conditions were rolly with the very last of the slop left over from the previous Tehuantepec'er. Breezes were now about 8-10 knots and dropped…
Photos? Fuhgeddaboutit. January 2015 was almost over and it was time for us to sail northward. That meant we'd cross the Gulf of Tehuantepec like we'd done in March 2010, but we had to pay even closer attention to weather windows this time. The mountain gap that causes strong winds and seas to increase to…