4-30-92 - Guanaja - Passage to Isla Mujeres
Welp, 0645, the sky is blue the wind light but moving to the East just like we like it, a beautiful start. Guanja fades into the distance and we settle in crossing our fingers for a nice sail, for once.
5-1-92 - Passage - 27 hrs out
Looks like the wind gods are with us, we are sailing, Bo Bo’s working and we are sitting back enjoying blue skies. We did 110 miles yesterday and we are right on our course line. Expect to pick up a little push from the current by the time we get a little north of Belize, which should be setting NW.
5-2-92 - Passage - 50 hrs out
Yo ho, moving right along. Off our rumb line because of current but we are pinching it as much as we can. Joe, Janice’s brother vacationing in Cozumel and we tack within 2 miles of the North Light before coming about, Hi Joe! The wind has picked up and finally moving more to the East, if we don’t slow down we will arrive Isla Mujeres in the dark. All night I moniter our progress, we are in the slip stream now, we are under shortened sail but doin sometimes 7 knots over the bottom.
5-3-92 - Passage
Early in the morning I can see the lights of Cancun over in the distance, I know they are at least 10 miles off but distances play tricks on you out here, sometimes it looks like we are coming into a harbor. Because of that I probably swing farther out then need be and by the time morning comes and Isla Mujeres is off the Starboard bow I almost have to turn around to make it against the current into the cut. Oh well it beats hitting a hard thing. I rustle up Themroc on the radio, they are here, and get piloting instructions on entering the harbor. The water here is alot different than Honduras, it is turquaise blue over brillant white sand, very pretty. We squeeze by the entrance can avoiding the spit of reef and enter the land of Tourisma once again. There are water taxis, fishing boats, bay cruise ships, ferries, jet skies, all over and the shore is lined with hotels, people, vendors you name it.
Welp, 0645, the sky is blue the wind light but moving to the East just like we like it, a beautiful start. Guanja fades into the distance and we settle in crossing our fingers for a nice sail, for once.
5-1-92 - Passage - 27 hrs out
Looks like the wind gods are with us, we are sailing, Bo Bo’s working and we are sitting back enjoying blue skies. We did 110 miles yesterday and we are right on our course line. Expect to pick up a little push from the current by the time we get a little north of Belize, which should be setting NW.
5-2-92 - Passage - 50 hrs out
Yo ho, moving right along. Off our rumb line because of current but we are pinching it as much as we can. Joe, Janice’s brother vacationing in Cozumel and we tack within 2 miles of the North Light before coming about, Hi Joe! The wind has picked up and finally moving more to the East, if we don’t slow down we will arrive Isla Mujeres in the dark. All night I moniter our progress, we are in the slip stream now, we are under shortened sail but doin sometimes 7 knots over the bottom.
5-3-92 - Passage
Early in the morning I can see the lights of Cancun over in the distance, I know they are at least 10 miles off but distances play tricks on you out here, sometimes it looks like we are coming into a harbor. Because of that I probably swing farther out then need be and by the time morning comes and Isla Mujeres is off the Starboard bow I almost have to turn around to make it against the current into the cut. Oh well it beats hitting a hard thing. I rustle up Themroc on the radio, they are here, and get piloting instructions on entering the harbor. The water here is alot different than Honduras, it is turquaise blue over brillant white sand, very pretty. We squeeze by the entrance can avoiding the spit of reef and enter the land of Tourisma once again. There are water taxis, fishing boats, bay cruise ships, ferries, jet skies, all over and the shore is lined with hotels, people, vendors you name it.
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