After several days in Maria La Gorda, Michael and I decided that we were not going to venture further along the south coast, but would head for Isla Mujeres, Mexico as soon as the weather was suitable for the crossing.
Cuba was a bit disappointing for us, and we were ready to leave. So we got our weather window, said our goodbyes to Patrick &Jaqueline, headed back to Los Morros at Cabo San Antonio to check out of the country, and were up and away shortly after 7 the next morning. It was a bit windier than we would have liked, but all reports said it would settle, which it did....until about 3 pm. We still had several hours to go, and I will admit it got a little scary at times as Michael struggled to keep us pointed in the right direction (the autopilot was relieved of its duty, as it was unable to keep up with the constantly changing wave directions).
Furniture moved across the salon floor, cupboards disgorged their contents onto the floor, and one of our 5 gallon water jugs crashed onto the galley floor. We were lucky that nothing broke....we just had a lot of stuff to put away.
We were all extremely happy when we got close enough to the Mexican coast that the seas settled into a pleasant swell, auto was able to resume control, Kokie was able to go to sleep again, and Michael was able to relax.
We got settled into Marina El Milagro, ordered pizza for dinner (real pizza - not Cuban pizza) and collapsed into bed...with no waves crashing into the swim platform, and no swell, I had the best sleep I've had in weeks.
Mileage:
Maria La Gorda to Los Morros 41
Los Morros to Isla Mujeres Mexico 136.5
Total Miles travelled 887.8
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