We sail with the morning tide!!

[CharlieJ]

Howdy folks. Didn't make it to very far

Sitting in Marina El CID, Puerto Moreles, Quintana Roo, Mexico waiting for the forecast nasty front to come through. Nice placement quite reasonable- slips are $1.00 foot US. Find THAT  in the states!

Yesterday Laura and I rented a car and drove south about 80 mm to visit the Mayan ruins at Tulum. Neat place. I'll post some pics later from the laptop. The outer areas are all tourist traps and restaurants but they have carefully preserved the ruins. Nothing done to change anything. Tons of tourists but still very interesting.

More later. Time for a hot shower

[Jim_ME]

Good to read that the cruise is going well. Enjoying the interesting photos and updates. Look forward to those of the Mayan sites.
Fair winds,
-Jim

[Grime]

Jim,

Here's the link to the album that I put together for them. I update as I get the photos from Charlie.

http://s1142.photobucket.com/albums/n612/Grime66/Sailing%202011/

[CharlieJ]

Back home again. Flew in from Cancun yesterday. Had to get up at 0200 to make the 0615 plane

Cancun to Dallas, Dallas to Corpus Christi, then driven home (80 miles) by David (grime) and his wife. Long day.

Now gotta crank up on repairing a broken boat for a neighbor so we can go back to Tehani asap

Now we're home with reliable internet, I'll post some pics,, probably this evening.

[carl762]

And??? 

Looking forward to seeing some more pics. 

[CharlieJ]

You saw my thread in Boat discussion???

http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,3236.0.html

Been kinda busy, BUT-

We are scheduled to leave here for North Carolina on May 1. Plan is to haul out in New Bern, do a bottom job, then head on up to the Chesapeake Bay for the summer.

Sold one vehicle today-no need for two when cruising, and getting stuff stacked up to load for when we leave

After that? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

 We have no schedule.

Pics will  come as we progress

[Tim]

We are scheduled to leave here for North Carolina on May 1.

Great to hear, looking froward to your travels, maybe it will be easier to check in along the Eastern Seaboard.

[CharlieJ]

Oh- and one pic for you- sailing off Isla Mujeres, bound for Puerto Moreles

[CharlieJ]

and one more-

Beach at Mayan ruins at Tulum

[Tim]

  I've been on that beach!!

[Jim_ME]

David, Thanks for the earlier post of the link to the photos.

Charlie, Those are more great photos. The water water color is brighter (more like the photos from the Bahamas) than I expected.

I'm also looking forward to following the next phase of your cruise.

-Jim

[CharlieJ]

Thanks. We thought the Bahamas water was better, but then we didn't get as far

down as Belize

I'm also looking forward to following the next phase of your cruise.

-Jim

So are we

[Captain Smollett]

 we didn't get as far

down as Belize

Too bad...you maybe could have seen Alberg 30 #478 down there (she winters in Belize, summers in Guatemala).  They do get around, don't they?   

The dude that used to own her now sails a Pearson Vanguard.  A-30, Pearson Vanguard ... good taste in boats, and he seems like sailfar kind of guy. 

[CharlieJ]

Yep- and that Vanguard was a Rhodes design, for Pearson. Big sister to Tehani- looks like she's a Tehani on steroids.

Here's a pic of the Vanguard I worked over for a customer a couple of years ago.