Tenacatita Triathalon. Having fun, staying active.

If you like community and having plenty to do while cruising then Tenacatita is the place for you.  During the winter months cruisers converge on Tenacatita Bay just a few miles north of Barra de Navidad for it's protection and variety of activities that can be enjoyed there.  Among them are Bocci ball on the beach, a daily group swim, runs, paddleboarding, snorkeling, Mexican Train Dominos and just about anthing else you might think of along with an occasional swell good enough to surf.  When you get short on provisions you can either take the mother ship or dinghy over to La Manzanilla, just 3 miles across the bay to get whatever you need and enjoy a meal out.

Each year Robert and Virginia on s/v Harmony organize a triathalon which includes a swim to the beach, run down the beach to the resort and back and a paddle back out to Harmony.  You can do it as a team or by yourself.  It is all just good fun, nothing competitive and if you are the champ you get crowned with Harmony's plastic crown.  Here is a look at this year's event.  Enjoy.

(Click on the picture to play the video)

Until next time,

Bret and Marne
SV Liahona

Humpback whales from above.

During our extended stay in Tenacatita Bay we saw many whales out in the bay but we were delighted with this visit of 3 whales that came within a couple hundred yards of the boats anchored on the outskirts.  When I saw that they were so close I launched the drone and got some pretty cool footage of of the threesome.  Enjoy.

As a note...it may seem to you that the footage is in slow motion but all of this footage was left in realtime speed.  It speaks to the grace of movement and tranquility of these majestic animals.


Until next time,

Bret and Marne
SV Liahona


Here's a few extra pics...

A photographic look at January.

Here is a brief photographic look at what has transpired so far in January onboard the S/V Liahona.  In no particular order.

This is the biggest Dorado caught yet on the Liahona.

 Credit to Marne for these two amazing shots...

Almost aboard...

One of several meals from our catch.  Sashimi.

 The two forms of transportation in Yelapa.

 My buddy Rodolfo.  He even remembered us from last year.

 Ok...a third form of transportation in Yelapa.

 Kids helping out.  It would indeed be a rare sight north of the border.

 Karla and Rawly enjoying fresh juice and a torta in Yelapa.

Cruising along with a humpback.  The whale sightings have been plentiful this year, we have probably seen 40 or 50 already this season.  BTW, this was not taken with a telephoto lens and yes, sometimes they are a little close for comfort.

 Pineapple anyone?

 Getting my Amish on.  The hat is a little small and the Band Aid a result of a slap from a limb in the jungle outside of La Manzanilla.

 This is how we do a block party cruiser style.  The mayor's raft up in Tenacatita with the mayor himself, Robert Glesser, leading the show.

 Taking friends along for the short sail to La Manzanilla (in the background) from Tenacatita to get some groceries.

 Barra de Navidad

 The Barra lagoon.

Sunrise in Barra de Navidad.

 The captain tightening transmission coupler bolts and rerouting a cooling hose.

 We found some missionaries in Santiago. Nice young ladies they are.

The following 3 pics are from today, in front of the famous Las Hadas resort in Manzanillo Bay.

 Our view at anchor from the deck looking north...

 ...to the east...

 ...to the south...

 and to the west.  The views do not suck!

And the final shot of our friend Brian on S/V Cat 2 Fold being dwarfed by the monster mega yacht S/V Eos.  

Tomorrow we will go to the Saturday Thiangi (flea market) in the neighboring Santiago and then Sunday we will head south into unknown waters by the Liahona as we make our way to Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo.  Until next time.

SV Liahona

Bret and Marne

Another collage of pics from our time on the Mexican Riviera.

We had a ton of hits on the last collage of pics I posted from our time on the Pacific Coast of Mexico so I figured I could wrestle up some more pics of the hundreds that we have in order for you readers to feel some of what we got to see and do during the last 4 months.

Once again, in no particular order, here are some more pics.  Enjoy.  BTW, we just surpassed 10,000 views of the blog here in the last couple of days.  We would love to see that number grow exponentially so please feel free to share with others!

 Sunset in Chacala

 Yelapa

 Tarren and Marne in Yelapa

 A boa constrictor found along the trail in Yelapa

 Tarren under the falls in Yelapa

 Las Hadas Resort, Manzanillo

 My beautiful girl Marne and her gorgeous daughter Sydney

  Container ship in Manzanillo Bay

 Tanker put aground by hurricane Patricia last fall.

 On lighthouse hill with our good friends Chris and Liz from SV Espiritu. Mazatlan.

 Surfing the longboard in Tenacatita.

 The ruins of Tulum near Cancun.

 Tulum

 Breakfast with my sister Karla and her new husband Jeff in Cancun.

 Cenote diving with my niece and nephew in Cancun.

 More Tulum.

 Goat tongue tacos...I'd prefer them without the visual.

 Dinner in the cockpit with Mane's sister Stacey and her daughter Emma.

 Coffee with our new fisherman friends near Chacala.

 I have no idea who this is!  She looks local.

 Marne loves military men!  Getting boarded in Punta de Mita.

 Humpback near Jaltemba.

 This was taken in the marina in La Cruz, right off the stern of the Liahona.

 More surfing in Tenacatita.

 Marne's daughter Syd.

 Sushi made "a casa".

 ...good to know!

 Syd on our jungle hike near La Manzanilla.

 Snorkeling just north of Manzanillo.

 Croc reserve in La Manzanilla.

 These bird pics are from our dinghy tour up the estuary in Tenacatita.

Same estuary trip, this is no croc reserve!