Author: Pam
Finally an anchorage in Mexico without jelly fish stinging you every five minutes. We opted to swim ashore today, it was great exercise and we got a break from landing the dinghy. Last night we had dinner with our friends John and Joanne on Western Grace, they arrived in Tenacatita a few days ago. It was very nice to see them and to finally see their beautiful 55 foot steel hull boat. You may recall we met them in Turtle Bay and John was extremely helpful with our steering and engine trials and tribulations. Joanne made a delicious dinner, sautéed shrimp, rice, carrots and cole slaw, we thought we had died and gone to heaven.
We found out this week that you can not escape politics, even in a quiet anchorage in Southern Mexico. There apparently has been a mayor of Tenacatita within the cruising community for an unknown period of time and it seems he may have been self appointed. Well, the teenagers of the cruising community established the Rebel Alliance this week and challenged the Mayor and his position. They called for an election and distributed ballots to each cruising boat (individually hand written). The ballot question: should there be a Mayor of Tenacatita? Being from Canada, John volunteered to be the neutral party to count the votes. This activity happened while we on board Western Grace, the Mayor and the members of the Rebel Alliance were also in attendance for the counting. There were 51 yes votes and 42 no votes, so Robert on Harmony will reign as Mayor for an undetermined amount of time. What makes this noteworthy was how impressed we were with the kids and the lesson in civics they created for themselves. These kids had recently met one another, are all being home schooled on their boats, demonstrated one of the best examples of democracy and team work I have ever witnessed with a tremendous balance of humor and sincerity. It was certainly a new twist to a stay in an anchorage. Speaking of kids, we have met more kids this week than our entire time cruising so far, they range in age from one to seventeen, and they have been a lot of fun. I am fascinated with whether the kids are enjoying their experience and with the challenges and successes of home schooling on a boat that must come from my ancient background in education. So far I am finding interesting diversity in all of the above. John offered to come over tomorrow to look around the boat and offer any suggestions on problem areas if he sees any.
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