Z-town!

Hi there. We had a great passage down to Z-town on Thursday and Friday motorsailing, especially yesterday morning, averaging 7-8 knots. On Thursday late afternoon David caught another fish, a Jackcravel (sp?), and miraculously bled it before bringing him on board and filleted him so cleanly it was amazing. He learned from a cruiser in Tenacatita how to do it correctly, and it really made a difference in how quickly the process was accomplished and how the fish tasted when we had it for dinner.

David's knee is feeling a little better each day but he is still wearing the brace. The wind came up Thursday evening, and I had a lovely, peaceful watch sailing with a beautiful half moon on the water trailing behind me while we rode small waves continually. It felt so wonderful to be back on the beautiful ocean sailing. When Tim came on watch, the wind began to die and by 2 P.M. we had to furl up the headsail and turn on the engine once again. We do appreciate our engine more than ever now! The east wind began blowing around 0700, and we again unfurled the headsail; we scooted along at 8knts for quite a while and thus made great time getting to Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. The dolphins welcomed us all morning long, along with many turtles who appeared to be heading north for some kind of convention; they were everywhere! It was a great day yesterday.

We found Richard and Virginia on Mandy in Z-town Bay and all took the dinghy in for a delightful evening last night. Zihuat is a great town, and we look forward to exploring the land and sea today and tomorrow. I'm so glad we are here! We will have it all scoped out by the time you two arrive on Tuesday. Virginia and Richard are quite disappointed we are not continuing south with them (Suzi too:( ) but they definitely understand. Love to you and everyone.