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Tenacatita

February 12-17, 2014

A day sail south from Chamela brought us to Tenacatita. It is a huge bay with several anchorages (reminiscent of Bahia de Los Angeles).

Depart Chamela 1028 Feb 12, 2014 – Arrive Tenacatita 1601

Logbook – February 12, 2014 (Chamela to Tenacatita Aquarium)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 1018 Engines on
  • 1028 Depart Chamela
  • 1130 Engines off, Main + genoa
  • 1351 Main + genoa, wing/wing
  • 1541 Engines on
  • 1601 Arrive Tenacatita
The main anchorage at Tenacatita

Anchor waypoint – 20140212 Tenacatita 19 16.978 N 104 52.251 W 21 ft Near “The Aquarium”

Logbook – February 13, 2014 (Tenacatita Aquarium)

Daily Notes

  • B – low fever – up to 101.3 – gave 1 reg strength Tylenol
  • D/T worked on electrical wiring diagram
  • T – spearfish with Max
  • A – Beach with Fluenta kids
Good morning Tenacatita. our first stop in Tenacatita was the NW anchorage, near “The Aquarium” which is supposedly a nice snorkeling spot.
Alex on his way back from Fluenta
A close up for good measure
Alex on his way back from Fluenta. Again.
Wouldn’t you know it, our first day here and B comes down with a low fever and a rash

Logbook – February 14, 2014 (Tenacatita Aquarium)

Daily Notes

  • Nothing to report

Logbook – February 15, 2016 (Tenacatita Aquarium to La Manzanilla)

Daily Notes

  • Moved over to La Manzanilla
  • Dr. & Pharmacy
  • Saw Second Wind again
  • Lunch at Pedro’s Fish Tacos
  • Light provisioning
  • Crocodilos
  • Wifi
We moved across the bay to La Manzanilla

Anchor Waypoint – 20140215 Tenacatita 19 17.077 N 104 47.440 W 24 ft Off of the town of La Manzanilla

Across the bay from our first anchorage is the small town of La Manzanilla. We came here to take B to the doctor, and we found a very pleasant little town.
Brenden after the visit to the doctor
A couple boys flying kites on the beach
Exodus at anchor off La Manzanilla
A man was throwing fish into the air for the birds
Swimmers behind Exodus
We had lunch at Pedro’s. Awesome fish tacos.
Brenden chillin at Pedro’s
OK, so the previous photo of Brenden chillin in the chair was staged. This is what Brenden was really doing… playing in the sand of course!

Email to family and friends dated February 15, 2014

Hi, we are with one other kid boat right now, Fluenta, but we left them for the day to come across the bay to a small town called La Manzanilla.  Brenden has been running a low fever and has a rash all over his body, and it is seriously interfering with his play time.  So, we enquired on the VHF radio net this morning about a doctor in the area, and we were pointed in this direction.  He saw the doctor earlier today, but she didn’t really know what it was.  Rashes are pretty hard to diagnose.  So, she gave us some Benedryl, some Amoxycillan, and something to dissolve in water an wipe on his rash.  She’s pretty much covering all bases.  I gave him some Benedryl, but I’m going to hold off on the anti-biotics for a bit. 

The town is a really nice little  town, and we had a great lunch on the beach of fish tacos.  We are back on Exodus and were able to pick up some wifi, so maybe I’ll do a little facebooking before we head back across the bay.

Love and miss you,

-D.

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At 2/13/2014 12:00 PM (utc) our position was 19°16.78’N 104°52.25’W

Logbook – February 16, 2016 (La Manzanilla to Tenacatita Aquarium)

Daily Notes

  • Boys – play at estuary w/ Fluenta kids
  • T/D paddle to beach
  • T – bocce ball, D-walk on the beach, stopped by hotel, security with a whistle, Mexican Train
  • Fluenta over for drinks after dinner

Anchor Waypoint – 20140216 Tenacatita 19 17.963 N 104 50.276 W 22 ft Main anchorage of Tenacatita near the estuary

The palapa and campsite at the mouth of the estuary back at the main anchorage
A little beach bocce ball
I walked the full length of the beach
Playing in the estuary with Fluenta
Brenden’s paddle board taxi service

Logbook – February 17, 2014 (Tenacatita Aquarium)

Daily Notes

  • Estuary dinghy tour and long lunch at the palapa w/ Fluenta
  • T – afternoon in the hammock
  • D – paddle around the rocks
  • A/B – beach with Fluenta kids
A dinghy tour up the estuary with Fluenta
We hung out at the palapa after the dinghy tour, and here is Tim with a very relaxed baby Benjamin
A view of the anchorage from my paddle board
It may be hard to tell, but this is Alex taking the trash to the shore on his surfboard

Email to family and friends dated February 18, 2014

Subject: Heading back North

We’ve spent a few days at Tenacatita, and the kids have had a lot of fun, since Fluenta joined us here.  We took our Dinghies up the river yesterday through the Mangroves, and it was a great adventure, but everyone was disappointed we didn’t see any crocodiles.  Brenden was actually sick the first couple days here with a fever and a rash.  We even took him to see a doctor in La Manzanilla, just across the bay, but she didn’t know what it was and just gave us Benadryl and Amoxicillin.  It turns out he had been using Tim’s anti-dandruff shampoo as body wash!  I am so glad we figure it out, because it was “seriously impacting his play time.”

Today we are heading to a small anchorage just 20 miles north of here called Bahia Careyes.  It’s small and is supposed to have good snorkling. 

Love and miss you all,

-D.

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At 2/13/2014 12:00 PM (utc) our position was 19°16.78’N 104°52.25’W

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