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About 200 nautical miles southeast of Manzanillo lies the adorable tourist destination of Zihuatenejo. We weighed anchor from Las Hadas in Manzanillo about 1 pm on Thursday, February 2 for the 42-hour sail down. Our first 18 hours were glorious … Continue reading
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We have been to Chamela, Paraiso, and Barra before, last year, same time. That is both a good thing and a bad thing. The bad thing is that some of the childlike fascination and thrill of the unknown that comes … Continue reading
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After leaving Marina Vallarta on Monday January 2nd, we sailed the short distance over to the La Cruz anchorage for a few nights’ stay, followed by one night at the La Cruz Marina. It was nice to be at the … Continue reading
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While in the San Blas Marina, we met a retired Canadian pizza restaurant owner, a single-handler named Bob, who had just taken his boat out of dry storage there. We set off at the same time with him towards Chacala, … Continue reading
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Leaving Mazatlan on Sunday, December 18, we had a wonderful overnight sail to San Blas. We started the motor only to navigate out of the El Cid Marina and into the San Blas estuary. We had a good 10-15 knots … Continue reading
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Just a quick note to say that we arrived back n Mazatlán on December first, Cindy with a brand spanking new left hip and ready to roll! We promptly moved our boat from the inexpensive, secure location of Marina Mazatlan … Continue reading
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Rick and I are now back in California again. Since our last post in May, we sailed Cool Change back across the Sea of Cortez from La Paz to Mazatlan, and had her hauled out for a bottom job, new … Continue reading
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On April 16, we flew back from La Paz to the U.S., mostly because my (Cindy’s) appointments with a spine specialist and a hip surgeon were finally coming due after a two month wait time. We also planned on taking … Continue reading
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CINDY’S INTRODUCTION Rick and I had intended to dedicate this spring to a long and relaxing cruise through what is referred to as the “Sea of Cortez.” Actually, the Sea is a long stretch of water about 100 miles wide … Continue reading
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Rick documented almost every day of our three week tour of the Sea of Cortez, to a level of detail I didn’t need to duplicate. Instead I just wrote when inspired, about some little aspect or other of our trip. … Continue reading
