Voyaging with Velella - Wildlife highway

7:48 PM Sat 18 Dec 2010 GMT

'Anchoring in Chacala' SY Velella

Continuing the 'Voyaging with Velella' series by American Sailing Association (ASA) writer-at-large Meghan Cleary. Meghan, Prescott and their kitten Nessie are on a planned 9-month cruise in the tropics: We sailed into Chacala before sunset, escorted all the way in to our anchoring spot by the most enormous dolphins I?ve ever seen. The anchorage was small, lined with densely forested hills and colorful homes perched on the cliff sides. Dramatic black rocks framed the sinking sun, dark boughs hung over the surf, music from warm palapas drifted out over the water. We split a bottle of wine in the cockpit under a ...

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by Meghan Cleary, American Sailing Association