Choose your areas and plan accordingly. Free is relative - cruising permits, clearing in fees, etc. In general, you got the idea.
John Sent from my iPad > On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hook close to the meca when you need a day to shower/ laundry take on fuel > and water and food right? You pay at these spots. Then the rest of the time > you drop hook in less traveled anchorages and no pay? Of is that not safe > with the bandits? > > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: >> Steve - Marinas aren't cheap down here. They've figured out that gringos >> will pay SanDiego prices, and electricity and water are meteredand extra. >> And many good anchorages are now filled with mooring balls, and even if you >> don't trust the mooring ball and use your own hook, you pay to anchor. Yet >> another reason to Go Now before it's gone... >> >> Buying new chain outrightis harder than you can imagine. It's simply not >> availabledown here. I picked up that used chain from a guy who had a friend >> bring 300 feet down from the US on the friend's boat. I was planning on >> trucking some down next summer, and the logistics are daunting. I was going >> to buy it, have it trucked to a freight forwarder in San Diego, and then >> have it trucked across the border and down Baja. Basically, double the >> cost. You might think that it's crazy, and that they have chain in Mexico. >> Yes, they do. It'll last about a year. (Hey, you wanted chain, this is >> chain, what's the problem?) >> >> I'm down in Banderas Bay at the moment, back on the hook since I now trust >> mychain. I've been hanging here to work with an Ophthalmologist that I >> trust. My eyes are pretty weird -- I'm one of those people who have worn >> coke-bottle bottoms since 4 years old. I wear glasses over contacts. >> Apparently, people with eyes like mine don't live long down here. They get >> hit by a busin childhood. I'vespent a lot of money learning that you don't >> have to be licensed or trained to sell glasses and contact lenses down here. >> You just hang up a sign that says "Optica." I've been given the totally >> wrong prescription. (Hey, you wanted lentes contactos, these are lentes >> contactos, what's the problem?) >> >> So yeah, I've got a good Dentist in La Paz, and a good Ophthalmologistin >> Bucerias, and a Woman in Santiago. Good thing I have a boat. >> >> >> >> you wrote: >>> <snip> And that's a lot of money to spend on Marinas. A thought occurs: >>> would it >>> >>> have been cheaper to simply buy new chain outright? >>> >>> And now a question, are you parked in La Paz or are you getting around? >>> (for that year) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > -- > "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty > recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the > dreamers of the day are dangerous men,for they may act their dreams with open > eyes, to make it possible." > > T. E. Lawrence > > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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