Category Archives: Cruising Life

Describes an experience regarding the boating lifestyle of our travel.

Barra de Navidad and Colimilla

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Sunrise on Thursday, December 19

Reports were that, while the water here at the marina was clean, the salinity could vary, so sometimes it wasn’t drinkable. This morning, Eric tested the water and was excited that the salinity was low enough to fill the tanks. As he was setting up the water pre-filter, he shouted to Christi and Keith to stop doing school work and to come outside. We saw the famous French Baker boat was in the marina. We flagged them down, and they came over to our boat so we could buy pastries. The pastries were delicious. We could get used to fresh pastries delivered to our door every morning.

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Welcome (Back) to Bahia de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico

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Our last sunrise in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. on Tuesday, December 17

Eric checked out with the port captain and the marina office. We did all of the last-minute things to get Kosmos ready for sea, and we untied at noon for our 22-hour passage. 

We are happy to report that the seas were mostly calm. In Bahia de Banderas we had some small head seas. When we went around Cabo Corrientes, we were braced for bad conditions since that patch of water was notorious for being confused and turbulent, but it was actually pretty good conditions. Beyond Cabo Corrientes, the swell was from the rear at long intervals and there was little wind chop.  

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Day Trip to Puerto Vallarta — Part 1: The Malecon & ChocoMueso

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Sunrise on Saturday, December 14:

We started the day off with morning chores. Eric was convinced that there was still kelp or a line caught in the propellor, but none of us were particularly eager to get in the water to look.

Eric attached an underwater video camera on a boat hook and stuck it in the water. Eric was vindicated when the footage showed that there was something tangled in the propellor!

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Days 3 and 4 in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle 

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Sunrise on Thursday, December 12 (taken from aboard Kosmos):

Eric changed the engine oil first thing in the morning, before it got hot. He also tightened a hose connection for the engine’s oil drain, where a slight oil leak had developed. Then we took Kosmos over to the fuel dock to top off the fuel tanks. 

After returning to our slip, we decided to get lunch at the Iguana’s Garden Sanctuary, as the name piqued our interest. It was located near the port captain’s office. Much to our disappointment, when we arrived at the address, we saw it was a condo complex with no sign of any kind of garden or restaurant. 

The closest restaurant was on the waterfront at the north end of the boardwalk that surrounded the protected basin, so we ate there.

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