Cuba to Mexico

We left Los Morros Cuba on March 29 for Isla Mujeres around 9:30 AM . It was a beautifully day the winds were 10 to 15 knotsfrom the east. We sailed for about five hours at about five and a half knots. The wind died down and we had to motor the rest of the way. It was a long night the boat was rocking and rolling. The waves were about 4 to 5 on our stern, which kept pushing us. We arrived on the coast of Mexico at about 7 in the morning . The rest of the day was spent getting some rest and straightening the boat out. The next day Gil and I dinghied into town and cleared in which is a bit of a pain in the neck. Imigration sends you to the Harbour master, who sends you to the sanitorio. And we go to what we think is the right place. It turns out to be a clinic for [STD] sexually transmitted desease. DA! wrong place it turns out we were to go to the hospital and see Dr. Claudia. After getting a pile of copies of every document we have and giving each department at least five copies of each , paid our money we were welcomed into Mexico. Yesterday we went into Cancun and sat around a pool in a hotel [Gil snuck us in]. After a week of perfect weather except for about twenty drops of rain, we pulled up our hook and came into a marina. The weather is supposed to change. There is a norther going to come in on Monday and we are taking a trip into the mainland to see some Mayan ruins and a senoute . The boat will be fine while we are gone a very nice couple that offered to watch it while we have fun. By the way I forgot to mention that on our entery into the marina Gilbert GRACEFUllY ran us aground. I think he is a farmer at heart he keeps plowing furrows in the bottom. it took about two hours and lots of help from people in the marina. I owe them some cold beers. We will be leaving here in about a week to ten days and heading south to Cozomel , which is the third best place in the world to dive. Hope to do at least four dives before heading to Belize. Bonvoyage from Kathy and Gil catch you later.