We had a nice journey North from Bahia de Navidad. Early morning we had to motor sail. Later we had some very nice sailing all the way to Punta Perula Bay - Chamela!
May 2020 - We anchored in Punta Perula Bay - Chamela! Mexico
We took three days to travel the 133 nm from Bahia de Navidad to Nuevo Vallarta (Paradise Village Marina). Sunday's run to Punta Perula Bay - Chamela included a beautiful sail in 10-13 kts (apparent). We wanted to anchor off one of the islands however there were already two boats off of Isla Cocinas. We looked to Isla Pajarera yet the swell and 15-16 kts of wind there deterred us from stopping...we went to the main anchorage where there were four other boats.
Sails up!
We had hoped to anchor at the islands but as we sailed by them in Punta Perula Bay - Chamela there were two sailboats there.
One boat was by the second anchorage and looking around. It left and joined the other sailboat. We guessed that the second anchorage was not so good. Seeing as there were two boats already in the anchorage and the anchorage is small we opted to go into the bay and anchor for a good night's sleep. The next morning we left at O-dark-30 for Ipala.
The run to Punta Ipala the next day was lumpy and bumpy - never enough wind or conditions for sailing. We made good time motor-sailing (as we left at daybreak)and pulled in to the dicey anchorage well before dark. As usual, there were a lot of pangas and buoys in the way of the best anchoring spots. We ended up in 35' of water, pretty much in the outer center. Another boat pulled in just at dusk and had to anchor in the lee shore to the south of us.
Entering Ipala anchorage. 3\4 of the anchorage is already taken up by pangas and fish traps.
Our final day, around Cabo Corrientes, started with a lovely sea state with light winds just after dawn. We were a little over a mile offshore so we enjoyed seeing the Cape - its shoreline and mountains rising out of the sea... something we don't usually see as we usually go around in the middle of the night. After rounding, the seas rose and the wind picked up - we watched the white caps developing - yet we had a downwind run with not enough wind to pop the genoa. We tried the genoa but it flopped around. We were thinking of polling out to a jib but we were tired and the whisker pole was rigged for the flopper stopper and I did not feel like derigging it. We were just fine and were getting over 6 knots. Again,we made good time and pulled into Paradise Village Marina by 1600.
As time passed the wind and waves picked up.
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