If you can find more than 3 days to tour Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, have I got the 2-week trip for you. The roads are all still in good shape, it's just as easy to get around, and you'll be seeing a wide range of cities and towns, museums, ruins, and cenotes. You can even find…
We chose Marina El Cid in Puerto Morelos for our entry into Mexico's Caribbean side for two main reasons: (1) we wanted a secure place for The Fox while we spent a couple weeks touring inland; and (2) we were familiar with the El Cid resorts and how they were managed, from having happily spent…
5/9: winds very light, <5 kt. E, seas flat-calm w/ 2' E swell. But, we're motorsaillng at 5.8-6+kt. SOG w/ only 2000 rpm on engine – we've found the Gulf Stream & it's helping us thru the Straits of Florida. Today's forecast has us right on the edge of 2 weather systems, so it'll either…
5/6/2011: left Puerto Morelos1015 after waiting for port capt. to deliver internat'l zarpe, & for fuel truck to deliver diesel. Winds<15 kt. but seas were very turbulent w/ 4'-6' waves @ 4 sec.rolling from 2 different directions. Made 1st 100 mi. very barfy but was worse along shore. Yucatan Channel = rough water even when…
[Hi there. Recently, both Skymate and our current marina's WiFi connection have been so weak and intermittent, I haven't been able to post any text to this here blog, let alone photos. I'm workin' on it, but meanwhile here's what I tried posting 4 days ago & have been trying to post ever since. -m]…
1.April, a new weather forecast warns of strong trade winds building along the end of our route in to Puerto Morelos, Mexico. Winds to blow to mid-to-high 20kts. w/ 6'-8' seas on a 6-sec. period on Mon., 4/4, our expected day of arrival. Our 1300Z position today, 2.April = 18deg.02'N/083deg.33'W. E winds 8-12, seas ENE…
1300Z position = 16deg.27'N/081deg.46'W. Winds SE 8-12, E swell ~5' @ ~7 sec. Bar is 1012, skies = 50% PC, 83F in cabin. Course = 300T, speed over ground = 5kt. With these light winds & relatively fllat seas we're sailing wing-&-wing. Wow – at least for today, it's a classic Caribbean Cruise. Finally persuaded…
Left Panama @ 1600 on 3/28.Good sailing winds of 10-20 kt. NE but w/ rolly beam seas to 6'-8' 3/29 gave us a couple boarding waves into cockpit. Now easing to 6' or less. Our 3/30 0800 position = 12 deg. 40'N/081 deg. 00'W. 1014mb, winds NNE 035, 12-15kt., sea 1.5m-2m @ 6sec. Course =350T,…