Blogs from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - page 4

So after coming up from Surf Camp Pescadero we returned to La Paz and saw our beautiful house (owned by Vista Properties, if anyone is interested). My aunt and her fiance Richard arrived that evening and we went out to dinner at the marina. The next day, we got up slowly and had second Christmas with tamales (YES to street food!) At around 3pm, we went into town and split up to look for dive shops and shop around a little (We found what looks like a good shop, called Dive Carey.) We reunited (after some negotiation with a malfunctioning card, and a beer to recover). After going home to change, we hit the malec'on and looked for a dinner spot. After dinner (and a rather potent margarita) I went to meet up with a couch ... read more

Riding the Mazatlan Star Well folks, it's been a while since I put something on this blog. I spent the summer in the US and Canada visiting and returned to La paz in September. Interesting things are happening again, so I have something to write about. Red, my traveling companion, and I are taking a little land yacht excursion to the Mexico mainland. The first step in this trip is to take the ferry from La Paz to Mazatlan. The ferry ticket costs about $200 and is an overnight trip, leaving La Paz at 6 pm and arriving in Mazatlan at 10 am the next day. I arrived at the terminal too early so I stopped at a roadside stand just outside the gate for a cup of coffee and met a couple, Wendy and Patrick ... read more

Well, well, well. Brian and I have just completed what may be the shortest Baja Bash in history. Three days, two out and one in. On departure day, we had big winds and current in the marina so we didn't get started until 12:45. We only went as far as the last anchorage before you leave the Bay of La Paz. The next day we bashed into nice lumpy seas and noserly winds as Ansa motored up the waves, only to fall off the tops of them with a loud BANG. Not fun. At some point, Brian turned to me and said "So, we get to do this every day for the next six weeks, huh?" Food for thought. We were on autopilot so there was plenty of time for thought. Ever since our miserable summer ... read more

Super Servant comes to La Paz On May 14, 2011, the Dockwise yacht transport Super Servant loaded 16 boats in La Paz. If you're not familiar with this service, the basic idea is that the Dockwise vessel has a large open hold with a big door on the back end. The transport is flooded and sunk and the back doors are opened. The boats to be transported are driven in one at a time under the supervision of a loadmaster where they are secured to Super Servant and each other with lines. When all the boats are aboard, divers assemble cradles under each boat and weld the cradles to the bottom of the hold. The back doors are closed and all the water in the hold is pumped out. Super Servant rises up in the water ... read more

Greetings from La Paz. (If you click on any picture it takes you to a large size filmstrip of all the pictures for better viewing) Brian (aka Mike) and I have been here in Marina de La Paz for almost two months. It's a much more convenient marina than Marina Palmira, which we stayed in last time we were in La Paz, because it is more centrally located and is the home of Club Cruceros, the closest thing to a yacht club in Baja. We have been putzing around with boat projects. I have installed a new solar panel controller and it is a big improvement over my old one because the old one created horrible interference on the VHF radio. I also had Ansa's sole refinished. ECHO is getting some work done here in Mexico ... read more