Time to leave Huatulco

Here we are in Marina Chahue, at the "cheap seats" our "home" for 3 weeks. You can see Erica sleeping on the dock as it was much cooler for her. We also took advantage of the dock to boil our water for tea and coffee and breakfast in the shadow of Batwing. It was necessary to break out the boatcover to shade the decks as the heat was becoming quite intense.
Waiting for a weather window, we spent our time hiking to town to buy our food, using the internet and getting our last laundry done. Every afternoon we would hike over to the Club Chahue Pool for internet and swimming at their pool. We needed a good 4 to 5 day window to make sure we crossed the Tehuantepec in the best of conditions. This treacherous 240 mile span that connects Mexico to Central America is known to "kick the butt" of sailors who don't take heed and plan carefully. The winds can blow over 60 knots from the NE so one must take care to keep close to the beach for the first 120 miles. Our window allowed us to sail away from Huatulco late in the afternoon and through the center by the next day. We had excellent conditions. Our only obstacles were all the fishing pangas and rain squalls at night. Pangas don't have permanent lights so only flash lights when they see you getting too close. We cannot see them on radar, so have to keep a close watch for them at night. The radar does show squalls, so it is possible to study them and figure out directions to take to dodge them. Erica had tons of Pangas and squalls during her watch, so got a good baptism in the art of watch keeping.