Thursday, April 10th, 2014 – We got underway this morning at 7:00 am, with just a bit of dawn light. The clocks went forward in Mexico last Sunday, so it does not get light (sunrise) until almost 8:00 am. With a slight swell, we headed out of Banderas Bay and made the turn north towards San Blas. The slight swell accompanied us all day with little wind until about 4 hours short of San Blas. At that point, we managed a little boost from the wind as we motor sailed at just over 7 knots.  It was our first opportunity to use our Genoa with its new sun cover. We noticed that the sail had much better shape than before.

During the day, we saw only one other sailboat that came out of Chacala ahead of us and as we approached Mantanchen Bay they veered off to anchor there. Overall, it was an easy passage even if we motored all the way. We were tied up to the dock at San Blas by 7:00 p.m. our time or 6:00 pm local time as we gained an hour.

We do like San Blas and even though many people prefer to anchor around the corner in Mantanchen Bay. By doing this, they do not need to check in with the Port Captain. However, the Fonatur marina here is clean, has good showers and the people are friendly and helpful as is the Port Captain.

Our next port of call is Mazatlán where an additional crew member will join us for crossing the Sea of Cortez to San Jose Del Cabo. We should be in Mazatlán sometime later next week.