On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we start to push northward to Puerto Vallarta because our travel visas are about to expire. The plan is to leave the Barra Lagoon and hop our way up the coast to Bahia Tenacatita then Bahia Chamela. Come back next week as we try to reach PV to make our flight out...see you then!

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0:02
[Music]
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[Music]
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previously on onboard lifestyle
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we leave baia tanakatita on sail south
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to bara de navidad
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we did our homework and entered the
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lagoon through its narrow unmarked
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channel without incident
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others did not
0:48
the crew enjoys beautiful sunrises and
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delicious french pastries delivered
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right to basic that's pastry creme and
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chocolate cinnamon rolls raisin oil
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chocolate fossil
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and we take a dinghy ride out to see the
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remnants of the los janitos shipwreck
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and that's where we'll continue our
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story
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there was yesterday and there was rain
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beauty in the mundane
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and as the light
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startled our eyes
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[Music]
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and now
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[Music]
1:34
there's something in the air
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[Music]
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the charming little town of bara shares
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the sandy shores of bahia de navidad
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with its sister town of malaki two miles
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to the north
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bara's cobblestone streets are lined
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with cafes restaurants and tiana's that
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sell a nice variety of provisions
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even though the cruisers from tinicata
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can stock up easily in la manzanilla
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most will take the short trip to bar to
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top off their pantries
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most likely because fuel propane and
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basic services are available here
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we would take a water taxi to shore
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every couple days to enjoy a walk down
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the town's malecon with spectacular
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views of the bay and just wander around
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soaking in barra's unique vibe
2:24
we are an exhausted crew right now
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because we just got back from
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what was supposed to be a short hike to
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a secret beach that our friends
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caught us onto and we jumped on that
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because obviously we have been consuming
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one too many pastries from jc so we need
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to work off those calories thank you
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lynn's boyfriend
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anyways
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so what was supposed to be a short hike
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uh ended up being double what we
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anticipated because we were stopped by
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a security guard and he diverted us
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around the golf course instead of
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us cutting through which added another
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two miles
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and i did not plan well i only brought
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one water bottle and one apple to share
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between the three of us and it is
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blistering hot out right now
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so
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we're back and it was actually really
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worth it because those views were
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amazing just spectacular
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as we approached the secret beach
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entrance we were all surprised to see a
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staircase carved into the cliffside that
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wrapped a few hundred yards around to
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the elusive beach
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the walkway was impressive with bump
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outs along the way to give you amazing
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vantage points to view the crashing
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waves of the pacific
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this little slice of heaven gives off a
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surreal feeling like we just stepped
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back in time where life was
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uncomplicated and untouched
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as we neared our destination a few local
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fishermen could be seen off in the
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distance but they were just finishing up
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their work day and we're packing up
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which gave us the entire place to
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ourselves
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the crew from simplicity joined us for
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this excursion which gave emma a
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cruising friend to walk and talk with
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we ended up staying for a few hours
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swimming and exploring
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we pooled and then shared our meager
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rations preparing for the sweaty return
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hike back to the lagoon
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after our day i think it's time for us
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to just decompress and just relax for
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the rest of the day
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did someone say pool time
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we can go to the pool
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now you have energy
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yes
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it's nice to have a few friends in the
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moreno puerto de navidad because they
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invited us over to spend time with them
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at the grand bay resort's amazing
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complex
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i spent part of each day swimming at the
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pools did i mention that they're
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connected by water slides so cool
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[Applause]
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we got our daily exercise while our
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parents hung out poolside figuring out
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route plans for upcoming passages
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i had so much fun here and look forward
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to visiting this area again
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[Music]
6:02
the sale from bara to tenecottito was
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forecast for light winds from the
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northwest
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our plan is to sail the entire leg
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taking advantage of the morning offshore
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breeze and rounding roco blanca as the
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winds flipped onshore around noon
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as predicted the winds were light as we
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leisurely drifted into bahia tanakatina
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making this 15.5 nautical mile journey
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nearly a half day event
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as we rounded roca centro on our
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approach to the anchorage we put the
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wind to our port beam and picked up a
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bit of speed which feels nice as a
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crowded anchorage is surely launching
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so that's right we dropped the anchor
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and tanakatita yeah we're back it's just
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because we couldn't get enough of this
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place obviously actually there's good
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reason why we are back in tanakata you
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know we were having fun in bara but
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the season is
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coming to an end
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when you cruise this coast
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winter time is the best time to be here
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and you have to start making decisions
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on whether you're going to keep going
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south you're going to hunker down for
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hurricane season on this coast or you uh
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head up into the sea cortez
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we've decided we're going to do the sea
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cortez and so we're going to start
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heading north but we're heading north
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for other reasons right now right
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because typically at this point you're
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still cruising the the pacific coast of
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mexico um but
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our visas are about to expire yeah we
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have about one month before they expire
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a little bit less than a month and so
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at this point we have to decide how
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we're going to get out of the country
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renew our visas and then get back here
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to basics so
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we've decided that we are going to sail
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back to banderas bay and fly out from
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there there's a lot of direct flights so
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that's just the best option for us right
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now yeah we we could have flown out in
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other places but
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they're complicated expensive very
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expensive they route you in crazy
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directions
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uh puerto vallarta makes the most sense
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for us right and then at that point we
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can also see family i haven't seen
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family in a long time right and um also
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we need vote parts there are some things
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that you just can't source down here so
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we are we have a long list of things
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that we are bringing back
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to get um basic back into tip top shape
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because
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captain here
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has been very um
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relaxed on my duties no you he was very
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optimistic that we could uh work and
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travel at the same time but it's uh you
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know
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we're getting some things done but not
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enough we need to just hunker down and
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get some stuff done because when we go
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up into the sea
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it's going to be a lot of fun and who's
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going to want to do both projects
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they're going to do that because we are
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prepping our boat so then that
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eventually we can do the south pacific
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crossing right so this is hear that i do
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that's those jack kerval swimming around
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us anyway so yes so we have a lot to do
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um
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we are heading back up north now
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um and then putting our boat into a
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marina while we fly home and this is the
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first time we're on a schedule i know
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think about this we have basically we're
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flying out a little over two weeks so we
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have to have the boat in a safe place
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which we've already made reservations at
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paradise
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uh so we have to be there on a
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particular day which is weird we're on a
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schedule we have to be there i think
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it's funny that we made reservations at
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paradise i know
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paradise this is all paradise but
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yeah we're gonna go into a marina and
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just leave her there while we go home
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and then at that point um we're gonna
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get back and do a quick haul out yep
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yeah so it makes sense for us to do the
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haul out here we're premature on hauling
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out we probably shouldn't don't need to
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haul out for another month or two or
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maybe three right but with catamarans
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it's a little difficult to find yards
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that
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can handle the the width yeah and in
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banderas bay they have a great haul out
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facility in la cruz that can handle us
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and it's a nice yard nice people so
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we're gonna do a quick haul out uh just
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spiff up the bottom paint do
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a zinc service the sale drives and uh
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just kind of check out how things are
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going under on the understanding it's
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gonna grow a lot faster down here than
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it did
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back up in the states for sure for sure
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so we're gonna
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do that and then start bouncing north
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it's time uh all the other cruisers are
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all kind of buzzing about heading up in
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the sea emma's got a ton of friends uh
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now and they're all going that direction
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so it's going to be a good time for us
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spring and summer for us and then at
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that point we'll work our way back over
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here and um
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either go through uh panama canal or do
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the crossing so yeah super excited lots
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of things to do and yeah and the future
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is wide open um we'll see yeah so that's
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what our plans are uh bear with us
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there's going to be a lot of boat
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projects
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and possibly some thickened epoxy in my
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future
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with no doubt
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[Music]
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he runs out drying off the decks here
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we have a little weather window
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for us to start
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jumping north
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it's this time of year it's rare about
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one
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day out of uh
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seven to ten days the wind will clock
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around out of the south today's our
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window
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so we're going to get a
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early start
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we're heading up back up to chamela
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chamela's
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about 28 miles north of here
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so we should have a nice little run
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i don't think it's enough time for us to
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make it all the way up into banderas bay
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so we'll go to uh chamela plenty of
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places to explore there and we'll have
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fun for a week
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hopefully less than that
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waiting for that next little
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south wind
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but we're not alone this anchorage will
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clear out this morning when you get
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these opportunities people move
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so you'll see everybody
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start to jump it's that time of the year
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where everybody wants to start heading
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north
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[Music]
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okay you ready kid yep
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i'm gonna miss tina katie though
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[Music]
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but the next stop will be fun too yeah i
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just hope that we can get there uh
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before everybody else does so then we
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can score ourselves a nice little spot
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goodbye tanakata
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it's always fun here
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so
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we're getting pretty close to the
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anchorage the autopilot's on right now
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and we are 2.6 zero nautical miles away
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from it and we're going around four and
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a half to five knots right now so
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we'll be there soon
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okay we are now in 19 feet of water the
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tail is gonna start dropping the anchor
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when you come to a screeching halt you
14:57
know you're good
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[Music]
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[Music]
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well it looks like we're going to be
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here anchored
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off of perula
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in the northern bite of bahia chamela
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for the next few days
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the weather's just not cooperating it's
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a little snotty out there
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and
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the run from here
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to banderas bay up around cabo coriantes
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is no joke it is uh
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notorious for big currents uh hence the
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name cabo corientes
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and big winds
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we're gonna wait for the right timing
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the winds predominantly are out of the
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northwest right now and today they're
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blowing 15 to 25 out there which means
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around the cape it could be blowing 30
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to 50 percent more than that
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so we'll hang out here we're not in a
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big rush
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wait for the right window it looks like
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it's coming we're waiting for the winds
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to clock around about once a week they
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tend to just stall out and maybe get a
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little bit of push from the south and
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that's our that's our window we'll jump
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in and we've seen it happen over the
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last couple of weeks timing wasn't right
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for us but
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we're looking for that window now
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but for the meantime we'll hang out here
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along with
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a dozen other cruisers they're all
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waiting for that same window
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it's not a bad place to hang out
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i mean we're in a nice protected
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anchorage wind was blowing uh pretty
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good all day and uh we're just solid so
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i think we'll have some fun here
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