Thursday, 20 February 2014 – In the morning, I topped-off our diesel tank from the Jerry jugs and then took in the anchor. We were underway by 10:00 a.m. headed to Barra de Navidad.

It was an easy three-hour trip from Tenacatita to Barra with calm seas and only a light breeze, not enough to even put-up sail. We passed several boats going north including one from Jersey, UK, who we hailed on the VHF for a chat. I had noticed the three Leopards on the ‘Red Duster’ they were flying. I recognized this immediately as the Jersey flag and sure enough, as they passed us, I saw Jersey listed on the Stern.

The entrance to the channel leading into the lagoon at Barra is an easy passage with good depth. The Marina ‘Grand Bay Marina Resort at Barra de Navidad’ had told us to pick our own berth, so we finished up in G20 next to a nice 37’ from Seattle called “True North”. We arrived at 1:30 p.m., having covered almost 16 Nautical Miles.

A quick visit to the marina office had us checked into the marina. You must report arrivals and departures to the Port Captain in ‘Barra’ so we then took the water Taxi from the Marina across the estuary to Barra to check-in with the port Captain. Their office is about a mile or more inland and we found them to be very friendly and efficient. 

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Returning to down-town Barra, we settled for lunch at Mexico Lindo, a restaurant which hangs out over the beach on stilts. We ate on the third deck where there was a nice breeze off the ocean and a grand view.