We're in Mexico

A quick update, we have gone from Guatemala to Mexico, with only a few stops on the outside of Belize. We would have liked to explore Belize further but our boat has an almost 7 foot draft and most places we can't get into. We made the decision to try to get to Isla Mujeres, Mexico pretty quickly. We just came off an overnight passage from hell! We left Long Cay (Belize) with the idea of an overnight to Cayo Norte (farthest southern atoll of Mexico) but misjudged the current and the wind. We only had a tiny scrap of jib out but had 25 knots from the south-east and couldn't keep it much below 8 knots! We blew by Cayo Norte at around 2am. Unfortunately it was not one of the better passages; we had 6-8 foot beam seas, anything that could possible be dislodged went flying, Tom broke his little toe and I have a head cold. Our exhaust system started pouring water into the bilge and one of our bilge pumps stopped working (it worked fine when tested at the dock a couple of weeks ago). But we made it safe and only a little battered into Espirto Santo. This is a big bay on the mainland of Mexico with no civilization other than a tiny Mayan village on it. We're planning on another overnight to Isla Mujeres this afternoon. Why is it we do this again :-)

We'll stay in Isla Mujeres for at least a few weeks (months?), licking our wounds and finding the best street tacos.

Cheers,
Carolynn, Tom & Ginger (who says she is abandoning ship at the first opportunity)

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