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If you found this blog via a link from a cruising site ~ we did cruise Mexico on our Ocean 49 cat for a season. See the first text box on the right for links to our preparations, trip down Baja, life in Mexico, cruising and trip back up to SoCal. Unfortunately we are back to the grind in the USA...

Showing posts with label boatyards and beaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boatyards and beaches. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

El Tesoro and Berkovich Boatyard Afternoon

Wayne needed to "discuss" and purchase bottom paint out at the far, far and away outside of town boatyard, so to make this a fun trip because you know how much I love hanging at boatyards and to save him probably a $500 peso taxi ride...
I suggested a limonada and float out at the beach at El Tesoro!The water was the absolute perfect temperature - not too hot and enough to cool you off!I think the high tide had something to do with it.
On a low tide the water gets very shallow and can get too warm to be refreshing.

Then we saw the afternoon thunderheads building...Time to head back, as both boats had all the hatches open!

But first a fun and exciting stop at the boatyard!
Yeeehaw!!!
While Wayne discussed bottom paint with Abel, Carol, Jim and I watched some incredible lightning strikes!
And pet the two boatyard dogs, who were actually pretty clean and appeared to be "tick-less".
Amazing...

5 gallons of extremly heavy bottom paint (and a whole pile of pesos later) were put into the back of my car by a very large and strong boatyard worker.
Lowrider...

And a stop at Costa Baja for a visit with Dave and Kellie!

Then back to the boats, where Jim and Wayne loaded the paint into a dockcart.
Jim had to walk to the store for cerveza so Wayne was on his own with the paint...
I haven't heard from Wayne, so I am assuming they got the paint onto their boat somehow...