Three weeks ago, when we last wrote about Sergio Davi, the 65-year-old Italian adventurer, he had just gone through the Panama Canal on his 10,000 mile expedition on his 36-foot RIB from Sicily to Los Angeles.
Now, Davi has reached Manzanillo, Mexico, just below Puerto Vallarta, on his 16th stop since he left Palermo on Dec. 15. He wrote that he had “a particularly challenging leg” because of headwinds and he cruised close to the coastline to get some protection.
It took Davi 27 hours to cruise the 530 nm up from Crucecita, Mexico, on his Nuova Jolly Prince RIB, named Aretusa Explorer. The average fuel consumption was only 0.89 gallons an hour on the RIB’s twin Suzuki DF300F outboards.
Davi was happy to be in Manzanillo for a few days rest; he’s been traveling solo for several legs now. It’s a resort city, with two bays and beaches, but with coral reefs and shipwrecks offshore. It’s also a marlin sportfishing center.
Once he left the Panama Canal, Davi cruised 253 nm up the Pacific, making his first stop in Boca Chica, Panama, where a variety of islands made navigation difficult, particularly since he was by himself. But he was delighted with the “breathtaking landscape” there.
Then came a long 630-nm leg to Iztapa, Guatemala, that took 26 hours and 15 minutes, and a short 117-nm hop to Tapachula, the first stop in Mexico. From there it was 224 nm to Crucecita.
Once he leaves Manzanillo, Davi’s next leg is up to Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Baja, California, and then four more planned stops to LA.
A professional yacht captain, Davi’s longest leg in this voyage was the six days it took to cross the Atlantic from Cape Verde off the coast of Africa to French Guyana in South America. He had a companion on that trip. He already had crossed the Atlantic several times, including a voyage in 2019 on another Nuova Jolly Prince RIB from Palermo to New York. Read more:
https://www.ciuriciurimare.com/avventure/ocean-to-ocean-rib-adventure-2021-22/
