Awoke to a pleasant 12-knot breeze straight out of the east. Jofian was sailing along smoothly at 6 knots, under mainsail, headsail, and mizzen. What a delightful climax to our trip to Cabo San Lucas!
As we approached Cabo Falso, a northbound U.S. sailboat hailed us on the VHF. We chatted for several minutes. They gave us some useful information about the new marina and asked us about the weather on the way down.
Very windy as we approached Cabo San Lucas. We decided to splurge and stay at the brand new marina instead of anchoring out and bouncing around.
The new marina is as good as any in the U.S. Clean, sturdy, floating cement docks with electricity, water, and satellite TV. Attractive modern restrooms, showers, and laundry rooms. And prices to match. We're paying $35 a night! That's a lot more than we ever paid at the fanciest place in the U.S., but we'll only be here two nights, and it's the first place we've tied up at since leaving San Diego.
After settling in at the marina, we made the usual rounds of Port Captain, Immigration, and Customs. The offices are still in the same places, but they've greatly streamlined the procedures. We got through the whole thing in less than two hours. Our "friend" is no longer at Customs, thank goodness. The guy who's there now whisked us through in nothing flat, no questions asked.
Went back to the boat and ate lunch. Then we strolled around town for a while. Ate some yummy ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. Bought orange juice, milk, and bananas.
It's so WARM here! If it weren't for the wind, it would be too hot.
There's a so-called super-market at the marina. It's smaller than most 7-11's, and it's strictly ripoff-ville. Only dumb gringos would pay their prices. They charged us the equivalent of $12 for two packages of cookies. Ridiculoso! We'll never go there again.
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