Sailing from Progreso

[Sierradave]

We're looking for a sailboat and hope to use our home here at Puerto Progreso, Yucatan as the home port to explore the Gulf and Caribbean.
So I guess I'm just introducing myself. Anyone with any suggestions for trips, or questions about Progreso or Yucatan, post something! (I'm assuming the Gulf is included under "Atlantic and the Caribbean.")

[geoleo]

Hi Dave, Tell us about Progresso please. Thanks

[Panama Dave]

Visit the Alacran reef. It is just North of you. We have sailed past it twice but didn't stop because we weren't cleared in.

[Sierradave]

Yup, Arrecife Alacran is certainly the choice for a first "blue water" cruise. Our local yacht club goes out there a couple of times a year.
Progreso is the main international shipping port for the Yucatan peninsula. We're also the closest beach town to the capital city of Merida. We have a thiving US/Canada expat and snowbird community, but are by no means an expat enclave--when you're here, you're in Mexico.
Just east of us is the most important town in the history of the planet that you've never heard of--that Meteorite That Killed The Dinosaurs struck at Chixculub.
Only one "s" in Progreso!