Saturday 15 February 2014 – For an overnight passage, it was quiet with a full moon to light up the sea and the coastline. By 8:00 am on Saturday we were beginning our entry into the Bay of Chamela. This is a large Bay with several Islands that are part of the Mexican National Park System. The anchorage between two of the largest Islands provides protection from southerly winds and the small village of Perula at the northern end of the bay, protection from north winds. Perula was where we were going to anchor, and we dropped the hook a little after 9:00 a.m. having covered 115 Nautical Miles in 22 and a half hours. We tidied up the boat before taking a swim and making ourselves a nice Brunch. There were five other sailboats at anchor.

Hilbre was anchored in 22 feet of water, a few hundred yards from the beach with its Palapa restaurants. It was such a wonderful morning we went for a swim to refresh ourselves and cool off. There was a school of small Tigerfish that had taken shade under our boat and a couple of Dolphins playing around the boats including Hilbre. The Dolphins seemed to like diving under the boat from one side to the other. It gave us a great opportunity to take pictures of them and watch them up close.

We decided to relax for the day and not go ashore, because it was such a nice spot. The location looked like one out of a glossy magazine on sailing tropical places. Our plan included staying a couple of nights. As it was Saturday, the Palapas had music which drifted across the anchorage and did not finish until almost 4:00 a.m.