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Manzanillo to Zihuatanejo, overnight trip with a stop at Marauta Cove, catching skipjack tuna, hauling ass south for the sailing festival

We bummed around the Las Hadas Resort all day long, working on some web stuff, reading, and being super lazy. After our wonderful Colima road trip we weren't in any hurry to go anywhere; relaxing was just what the doctor ordered. Just before sunset we quickly put away the windscoop, hauled Purpeat back on deck, and prepped the boat for the 170nm trip down to Zihuatanejo before it got dark.

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Road trip around the state of Colima, ancient caves, mayan ruins, volcanoes, quaint cities, and skinnydipping in El Saltos waterfalls

[ written by Sara ]

We rented a car early Thursday morning, with an agenda to see caves, waterfalls, and the volcano in the two day boat break we had planned. Will loves rental cars, and this one was no exception. He has been crazy about a car VW offers in Mexico, the "CROSSFOX", an offroad-edition (cross-country, I guess) of the popular small "Fox" car.

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Barra de Navidad to Manzanillo, reprovisioning, exploring Manzanillo, and hanging out at the swanky Las Hadas resort (for free)

With the Zihuatanejo sailing festival rapidly approaching, and finding ourselves still more than 200nm north of Zihuatanejo, we decided to quit quaint Barra and continue on southwards. Hauling up the anchor we discovered the 'jello' bottom to the laguna was actually a thick muddy clay-like goop, and we managed to coat the boat in it.

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Bahia Tenacatita to Melaque to Barra de Navidad, a day in the sun, learning to windsurf, and exploring two cute little towns

Tenacatita and La Manzanilla were so interesting and easy to enjoy, a week had flown by without either of us noticing! We finally decided to bite the bullet, pull off the sail cover, and continue our trip south. Our destination was the bahia featuring Melaque and Barra de Navidad, about eight or nine miles south. Yep, this was one of our longer passages. Thank goodness we had lots of limes; scurvy sets in faster than you think.

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Bahia Careyes to Bahia Tenacatita, exploring manzanilla groves in the dinghy, playing cards and working on business plans, and visiting crocodiles at La Manzanilla

After our short stopover in Careyes, we were ready to hunker down and stay a little longer at our next stop. Bahia Tenacatita is one of the most popular anchorages south of Puerto Vallarta: it's protected by a pair of rocky points that virtually eliminate the rolling swell so prevalent elsewhere. By now we had fully regained our sea legs - three weeks on land in PV was just enough to need to re-learn how the boat moves - but it's always nicer to stay in a calm flat anchorage.

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Puerto Vallarta to Zihuatanejo on our honeymoon

After a fantastic vacation in Puerto Vallarta - can you take a vacation from a vacation? - we moved back onto the boat, gave her a thorough scrubbing, re-provisioned, and set sail for Zihuatenejo and the sailing festival at the end of January.

This section of the Mexican mainland is called the "Gold Coast", and is renown as the some of the best cruising grounds of the entire eastern Pacific.