La Cruz

We anchored outside the breakwater at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle (ok normally called just La Cruz) at around 13:30 yesterday.  We visited the office at the marina in the morning and tried to pay for power and water but they said, no, it was OK so that was that.  We left the marina around 11:30 just after Toketie left and we motored out to Banderas Bay.  We managed to set sail pretty quickly and had a nice close reach sail straight to La Cruz.  The anchorage is a bit rolly at night and during the day the sea breezes do kick up a bit but it is great to back on the hook.  Andre, one of the people David introduced us to, came out with a group of people from Puerto Vallarta on his Beneteau 39 “Symbiosis” to say goodbye which was pretty cool.  A very interesting man with a fascinating history, some of which we have managed to piece together.  With luck we will run into him again when we go back to PV to meet up with Rob and Nancy at the end of the month.  Today was spent sorting out the wiring for the tiller pilot to connect to the wind steering when we are motoring.  Our wheel pilot, George, is getting a bit noisy and we need to save him for when he is really needed.  Besides, the power draw off the tiller pilot should be a lot less.  I copied the design for the connection to the Monitor of David from Toketie and it only took a few hours to knock together while at the dock this week.  We’ll see how it all works in the next few weeks.  Tomorrow we will likely head up to Punta de Mita for the night then on to Tres Marietas for some snorkelling on Sunday.