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Friday, November 6, 2009
Enamanet Anchorage
Since returning to HAWKEYE mid September, we have had the opportunity to go out to Enamanet Anchorage and spend a few days. It is a beautiful anchorage, or more appropriately, mooring area. The Mieco Beach Yacht Club put in 7 moorings last year. It was done to protect the beautiful reefs so that boats would not be dropping anchors on the reefs and destroying them. On shore, there is a picnic area and a nice palm covered area in case of rain or to get out of the sun. The beach on the lagoon side is very protected from wind and waves and the snorkeling is very good. There is also a small dock, a raft with diving board and slide for the kids. Kayaks are kept up from the tide line and can be used by anyone visiting the park. We love the peace and beauty of the place. Also, there is good diving with a wrecked boat and airplane that can be seen from the surface in the clear, warm water and, of course, beautiful tropical fish abound as well as lobster, rays, and some of the pelagic fish have been seen also. Some evenings the cruisers get together for potlucks and music or just socializing which is great fun.
HAWKEYE is a Sirena 38 built in Finland in 1984. She is 38 feet long and has a 10 foot 3 inch beam. Her fractional-rig mast is 55 feet tall and she carries a lot of sail (682 sq. ft.). She weighs 12,000 lb and about 15,000 fully loaded and is powered with an 18 hp 2 cylinder Volvo diesel engine. Steering is provided by an auto pilot and wind steering vane; live-aboard equipment includes refrigeration, water maker, 4 solar panels, VHF and HF radios with email access via the winlink system, radar, a ten foot Aquapro dinghy with 15 hp Yamaha engine.
John was born in England October 18, 1933. He married and moved to Canada in 1960 after completing his education as an engineer. He & his family moved to Seattle in 1964.
John owned a 26 foot Thunderbird sloop
and, later, a Cal 40. He raced the latter in the 1986 Victoria to Maui race, placing 3rd overall.
In 1993, after selling his interest in the Cal 40, he bought the Sirena 38 HAWKEYE. He departed from California for Mexico in 1994 and has been cruising since then.
Linda was born in Joliet, IL, July 9, 1941. In 1968 she moved to California with her family and divorced in 1979. In 1986, she purchased a Explorer 45 sailboat named HINANO and lived on it until she 1995 when she sold it and went cruising as crew on Jim and Diana Jessie's Lapworth 48, NALU IV.
Christmas, 1995, Jim Jessie introduced Linda to John in Zihuatenajo, Mexico. They saw each other over the next two years in different anchorages and towns in Mexico.
In May, 1997 they found themselves crew on a Freya 39, IOLANTHE, sailing to the South Pacific. They returned to Mexico and have been together on HAWKEYE since that time.
In 2000, after cruising Mexico for several years, we decided to head further south to Central America. Over the next few years we explored Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
We crewed with folks taking their boats through the Panama Canal and decided we would rather go down towards South America instead of going to the Caribbean. Two wonderful years of exploring Ecuador, Colombia and Peru and we were ready to head across to the Galapagos and then the Pacific Islands where we have been exploring ever since.
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