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April 2004
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| We can't resist sunset-at-sea photos. We have
dozens of these, all different, all
spectacular. |
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We first anchored in the (bay
where the cruise ships are? I promise I'll look this up) We found this beached sailboat, very disconcerting.
But the water was wonderfully blue. |
| Can you believe no one took a picture
of this?
As soon as we get a photo
of Susie, John and Cabaret, we'll put it here.
As soon as we get a photo of Banana
Boats, we'll put it here
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Betsey:
We spent some time with Susie and John on Cabaret. One evening, while
we were having drinks aboard Cabaret, the banana boat guys came by to
bum cigarettes from Susie. They invited us for a ride
around the bay. Suzie, screaming, "don't get me wet",
jumped in the water. Not to be outdone, Betsey jumped in after
her. We both crawled on the banana boats, and roared off across
the bay. Of course the guys immediately tried to dump the white
women in the water. Susie screamed the whole time, "don't
get me wet!"
I really love Susie, she brings
me out of myself. |
| Sera joined us in (bay
where the cruise ships are? Sera, do you remember the name of this
bay?) |
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Eventually most of us moved
to Marina Chahue to get water, fuel, provisions, etc. for crossing the
Tehuantepec. George is still fussing over a pesky transmission leak,
which Vic from Sera is investigating. |
| Lynn and Pat from Cricket
were just coming north from Central America and were able to give us
lots of information. Here we all are in a meeting to discuss (what
else?) crossing
the Tehuantepec |
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Vic from
Sera and Bill from Odessa talking about crossing the
Tehuantepec (well, maybe they are talking about diesel engines ,-) |
| Dick and Pat from Crusader
listening carefully to a conversation about crossing the Tehuantepec |
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From left to right, Ken
from In The Mood, Jeri from Cloud Nine, Frank and Jenny from Sea
Kardinal, Pat from Cricket, Vic from Sera, Luc and George from Soul
Catcher. Guess what we are talking about... |
| Dick from Crusader enjoying a break
from boat chores at Marina Chahue while waiting for a weather window to cross
the Tehuantepec. |
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Here we are, having a party on the
dock. The party hats are courtesy of Pat from Crusader
Dick and Pat, Luc and Betsey are here
at the moment. George is taking the pictures. Others are
on their way :-) |
| We’ve been in Marina
Chahue 5 days now. It is
fun because everyone is here and we can socialize. It’s
a drag because there is nothing to do but socialize and wait for a
weather window. |
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Under normal circumstances, I would never use this
photo. I just can't resist it. I think maybe Sharon from
In the Mood is tired of talking about crossing the Tehuantepec.
I should send this photo to Sharon and give
her veto power.
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| I get tired of talking
about the Dreaded Tehuantepec. I want to just go, and get it over with. The transmission is fixed,
the flags are made. We
just need to provision, top off the water tanks and check out. We have a five-day weather window. We’re leaving Thursday for
Central America.
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George: Betsey is a little
overboard here. The Gulf of Tehuantepec is a serious piece of
water. Let me tell you why it is such a big deal: The
Gulf of Tehuantepec is subject to very high winds blowing out of the
north when high pressure in the Caribbean funnels the wind through the
lowest part of Central America. When it blows, it usually is at
gale force and it causes huge, steep seas up to three hundred miles
out. Its no place to be when it blows so cruisers are really careful
about transiting this area. |
