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Sailing Tales

Lunch at Playa Mazatlan

6 April 2009By admin

I thought I’d post a few more pictures taken at our latest day out, when we rewarded ourselves after having our skin zapped of funny

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Sailing Tales

Dangerous place?

29 March 2009By admin

News stateside is that Mexico holds extreme danger to us and other visitors. Between drug deals and shoot-outs, kidnappings and theft, one ought to hightail

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Sailing Tales

Xanadu’s Crew

28 March 2009By admin

Paul and Tamar and their boat Xanadu, and at Normandie’s Birthday dinner at Playa Mazatlan. Also in the dinner picture is Erwin of s/v Thea

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Sailing Tales

The Vagabond 47 Thea Renee

28 March 2009By admin

Thea Renee’s owners, Erwin and Phyllis, have lovingly cared for their beautiful boat, especially its gleaming, perfectly varnished teak. This picture captures them sailing through

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Sailing Tales

More Mazatlan

28 March 2009By admin

Playa Mazatlan is a hotel on the Gold Coast, Zona Dorada, and is a lovely place to go for lunch or dinner. We had my

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Thoughts

Mama’s 81st B-Day Feast

28 March 2009By admin

Harker’s Island hush puppies, local shrimp and asparagus with a strawberry shortcake for dessert. My mother’s almost 93-year-old brother Ecky came to celebrate with us,

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Sailing Tales

The barber

26 December 2008By admin

Here are two pictures of my second haircut in Mazatlan, which took place on the dock between Sea Venture and the Beneteau next to us.

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Boat Sailing Tales

Marina Mazatlan

21 December 2008By admin

Here are a few pictures we’ve taken at the marina. Very lovely, clean, open, friendly–quite different from the town, in which my olfactory sensors rebel.

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Boat Sailing Tales

Still Crossing the Sea

20 December 2008By admin

By Friday we were making minimal headway in very light wind and Friday night our boat speed read 00. We kept all sails up in

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Sailing Tales

Across the Sea of Cortez

20 December 2008By admin

Tuesday December 9: Jim Elfers, Marina Manager at Puerto los Cabos (pictures above), suggested we head to Mazatlan for our engine repair—an easy reach, said

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