Happy St. Patricks Day and We're OUT OF HERE

We arrived in Manzanillo on Friday in company with Toketie and Jabula. We have had such a wonderful time getting the 6 of us together. Bruce and Jeannie are absolutely wonderful people and have been so generous. They came to Manzanillo in order to see us off on our BIG TRIP across to the Marquesas. They hosted a dinner last night that was to die for. Jeannie created an absolutely beautiful Indian curry with accompaniments. We had a blast. Today was spent on last minute "round tuit" jobs and generally getting Tarun stowed for the long passage west. Tomorrow is the Zarpes, and final formalities and then by late afternoon, we should be upping anchor and sailing west. The winds are fantastic right now with 15-20 from the north all the way to the coast which means no motoring to get to the wind. The forecasts all look good for the long run and hopefully in 21-25 days we will make landfall in the Marquesas. It's just over 2800 nautical miles from Manzanillo, should be quite a trip.
I have managed to get a decent internet connection in the anchorage off Las Hadas marina and have updated the web site (www.svtarun.ca) with pictures from Mexico and also a link to the Yotreps position reporting site so people can watch us crawl along the pacific ocean. I'll probably write more tomorrow after we get underway and get into the swing of night watches again. We are going to try 20:00 to 08:00 split 3 on and 3 off. And see how that works out.

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