Called Nativity Bar for it was discovered on December 25th, 1541…on Christmas Day.It probably should be called Nuevo Venice for most transportation is by water taxi (taxi aquatico) and businesses and houses line natural waterfront and canals.
Another 30 miles of sailing towards the south brings us to
Tenacatita; further south yet colder – what’s the deal here?Water is now down to 66°F – brrrr…We had a wonderful sail averaging about 5.3
knots.We hadn’t planned on going this
far today but the other anchorages along the way seemed too open to the current
swells and winds.We will hopefully
visit them on the way up.
We have gone 109 miles from Punta de Mita to anchor in this fairly large bay.Although not very far, it gives us a very small taste of the beginning of the route many take out of here heading out to the South Pacific.We have been following our friends’ various progressions on their way across the Pacific called “The Puddle Jump”.We are reminded by a 93 year old ex-cruiser (cruised for 65-70 years) that “She is no puddle” and that it is definitely more than a “jump”.
The last time we were in the Banderas Bay La Cruz area,
about a year ago, we stayed ten weeks to fix many things from our shakedown
passage from Long Beach, deal with a parent passing on, and visit up in the
Sierra Madres Mountains to experience some of inland Mexico.
On the cruisers’ morning radio net one day, we were informed
by a reliable source (i.e.: the harbor master of Paradise Village Marina who
had met face to face with customs and immigration) that things were changing in
Mexico.