1)      EL Cazador -  FISH REPORT 

One nice sailfish (released) but that's it
. Water is really green south of Acapulco ( no good for fishing).
Just wanted to let u know had very calm seas to Acapulco , refueled and
checked out. All within a couple hours!
Heading down and plan to start crossing in 24 hours.  We got our Delorme but
haven't synced it to anything yet.

checked into Costa Rica after a fast passage from Acapulco  - Hope all the s
well with everyone!





2)      Carinthia - Volante - Sea Glass 

- The haul out facility at Marina
Ixtapa (100 T travelift - 8 m wide) has a panama posse inspection deal for
us 100 pesos per foot for 3 hour haul out
- contact Alejandro Arnold Hudson Cel: +52 744 131 3000
http://www.jarestate.com <http://www.jarestate.com/>
acapulco@jarestate.com <mailto:acapulco@jarestate.com>



3)      Interlude - Fish market on the beach in Zihuatanejo 
bay happens very
early and they do use ice - mahi-mahi fillets



4)      Liquid - Autozone in Zihuatanejo 
carries big batteries and can get
more in a few days



5)      SYCAMORE - Marina Ixtapa 
indeed has hissing crocodiles in its waters




6)      Sea Glass - Liquid -Zihuatanejo 
Bay

Purified Water delivered to your
boat ( bay is a bit too murky to make water )

Contact Hilda VHF 65 tel +52 755 554 8581  - 22 Pesos per 20 Liters - they
wait while you fill !



Additional direct to vessel services

                        
WATER  22 MXN x 20 liters

ICE          25 MXN x bag

LAUNDRY - Pick up drop off        18 MXN x kg
                
SOFT DRINKS BEER WINE LIQUOR  ( reasonable )
                
TRASH AND OIL PICKUP   ( TIP ONLY )
PROPANE REFILLS      22 MXN x kg
DIESEL and GAS                delivers 21 MXN x liter

WATERTAXI PICKUP / DROPOFF MXN 25 pp  - no need to launch the dinghy



7)       Carinthia -  Mega Market - Sam's Club and Bodega Aurrera
 ( all in
30 -45 min walking distance from the bay on Highway 200 )
well stocked Supermarkets  - great provisioning - taxis back to public doc
35 - 45 MXN



8)      Marina Chiapas update - Travelift 
is reportedly working again



H3>9)      El Salvador Update - the feuding MARINA 
reports continue



Vitesse Bart Goodell via Lucie ( Georgia ) about Barrillas

"We surfed waves in 9 feet of water following a panga guide boat. It is an
inexpensive, Nature, wonderful staff resort. We love it!!!
The female harbormaster is very sweet. She is doing our exit zarpe in her
office. They charge for a zarpe in EVERY port in El Salvador. If you are not
leaving, they call it an internal zarpe.

People get into Bahia del sol and then can not get out. Two boats hit bottom
in surf coming out. Barillas is much safer. You can haul out here.

We traveled by land for 3 days in Guatemala from Chiapas.
Lake Atitlan and Antigua. Michoacán was our favorite coast.
Now it is El Salvador. The northern coast is like Big Sur in the tropics. We
watched volcanoes erupt day and night.

We had a wonderful cruisers Thanksgiving potluck in Chiapas. 6 countries
represented, 8 boats in the water and 4 on the hard waiting for parts to fix
travel lift. That was our first contact with other cruisers. It was us and
the pangueros up until Chiapas...lol."





10)   ANY Restaurant - good food and great Panama Posse get together
 on
Sunday Dec 10th














If you have anything new or newsworthy - please email us and it'll go out in
the next fleet report



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