Manzanillo 19deg lattitude.

We left Puerto Vallarta on Feb 13 to head South to Manzanillo. We decided to go all the way to Manzanillo without stopping and then come back to P V slowly stopping at the different anchorages. So we did a 140 mile overnight sail to Laguna de La Navidad which is about 21 miles North of Manzinillo. As it was slower going than we thought with a 5 to 15 knot headwind and a sloppy sea most of the way. So we did not quite make it to Manzinillo yet. We spent 2 days here at Bahia Navidad as it was a beautiful spot with a beach with 5 to 10 feet dumping surf. we did a long walk down to other end of beach to town of Melaque
We ran aground will trying to get into this anchorage which is up a long marked channel and then no markings after you pass the marina, you supposedly line up with a little island and then sort of guess when you turn to get into anchorage. We got stuck on some sand at the edge of the channel, so I called in the radio for someone anchored in the bay with a dinghy in the water to come push our bow over. Two dinghys responded and soon had us off and back in the channel. The anchorage is only 7ft deep at low tide.
After two nights here we left for the 21 mile run down to Manzanillo which is to be as far South we will go in Mexico. We arrived around 1pm and anchored at las Hadas about 5 miles north of the actual downtown Manzanillo. A 106ft schooner came in later and anchored very close to us, I just hope he does not drag anchor.
Today it was drizzling rain when we got up and it did that for most of the day off and on, it looked just like Vancouver out there today, but alot warmer and the ocean water temp is now 80 degrees. We did a bus trip into town today for a look around and some grocery shopping.
We will stay here another day or 2 and then head slowly back to PV.