FlyGirl
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Liveabords
Do any of you live on your boats, or know people who do so in Baja?
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Dave
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FlyGirl, why don't you post here:
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/cortez/index.cgi
Several cruisers on that site.
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David K
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I know two amigos who live on their boats for half a year, in La Paz Bay.
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Jack Swords
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Living aboard a boat
I'm one of those who live aboard a sailboat in La Paz for 6 months each winter. My wife, dog and I are starting our fifth year this November in Marina
de La Paz. Our boat lives in the marina all year. During the winter we are prowling around the Sea, and in and out of the marina. It's great!
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Live-aboards
I have a family member who used to live-aboard moored on a bouy in La Paz for most of the time when they weren't out at Agua Verde, Puerto Escondido,
Isla Partida, etc.
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FlyGirl
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Jack Swords...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
I'm one of those who live aboard a sailboat in La Paz for 6 months each winter. My wife, dog and I are starting our fifth year this November in Marina
de La Paz. Our boat lives in the marina all year. During the winter we are prowling around the Sea, and in and out of the marina. It's great!
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It sure sounds great! So, you have year-round moorage in the marina in LaPaz? Is it expensive?
Are you retired, or still doing something to make a living?
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Jeff Wagner
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Living aboard and sailing the seemingly endless coast of pacific baja and the sea of cortez is a beautiful and unique expierence. There are a few
marinas. There are abundent anchorages, great surf, unbelievable fishing, diving, exploring, and on and on. Great people and lifestyle! Check with
Club Cruceros de La Paz for contacts, stories, current updates on the website.
[Edited on 9-19-2003 by Jeff Wagner]
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Edie H.
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Hey Jeff.....just wondering, we currently have our boat in Alamitos Bay (Long Beach) but are interested in taking the boat down to Baja when they
start renovating the marina over the next few years. Really interested in the costs at the La Paz marina, security of leaving your boat while you
return home, etc.
We have friends who have spent the last two years in the Sea of Cortez (S/V In The Mood, Dwight & Donna) getting all the way to Z-town and just last
month sailed back to San Diego being chased by hurricane Ignacio. Our other friends on S/V Sunrise (Paula & Dale) left two months ago and are now in
Hawaii. Don't know if you know either of them but they always checked into the hams nets daily.
Thanks for any information you can provide us.
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Jack Swords
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Living Aboard
Well Flygirl, I am a retired science teacher, owned a home in Todos Santos for 10 years, sold it upon retirement and sailed down. Costs in the
marina are about the same or more than in Calif. There are no bargains. The marina is just like those in the US, clean, secure, etc. One can anchor
out, but the Port Authority charges a daily/monthly rate for that. Anchoring in the many coves, anchorages in the Sea is free, however. The life
style is up to you. You must pay a check in/out fee when entering and leaving a port (some never enter a port). Come down and wander the docks and
talk to people, you'll get lots of opinions from some wonderful people. Don't bother with Cabo, it's an aberration. OK?
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Jeff Wagner
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Hey Edie,
Marina de La Paz and Marina Palmira are comperable to any of the best the west coast USA has to offer. Security is better than most American marinas
with security officers and locked gated docks. Very few problems. Contact Marina de La Paz on the net. There is alot of written material on the cruse
south from the U.S. including chart guides (check Charlies Charts) that show all the anchorages along the coast. While transiting south from San Diego
I like to stop at as many places as possible as I feel it is easier and safer with the wind to your back. The Pacific coast, south of Ensenada is
remote, rustic and well worth getting as much detailed information about the history, fishing, surfing, diving, and anchorages as you can. The advent
of gps makes the trip alot safer these days. I personally have made the passage a bunch of times on my own boats and as a skipper delivering others
and every trip is an adventure. I recommend it highly. It''s a good shakedown if your headed to Hawaii or the South Pacific. I get excited just
talking about it. I can't get enough!
No Edie, I haven't met your friends but there is a large boat community living in San Lucas, La Paz, Puerto Escondito, Guymas, Mazatlan, and points
south. Alot of these people stay in touch by ham radio which is another good idea if your crusing. If you're staying on the boat it is cheaper or
usually free, to just anchor out.
DO IT!
[Edited on 9-20-2003 by Jeff Wagner]
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Anonymous
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Thanks Jeff for the info. Sounds like a good place to take the boat once they kick us out of the marina...especially since the rates are about what
we're paying here. We have a 42' Irwin ketch which costs us $495 a month right now with rates going up again next month another $16.00 mo. Are they
comparable to La Paz? We are pretty well outfitted for the trip including the latest GPS charts, generator, solar panels, water maker etc. Just
waiting for my hubby to retire (I already am) but thought that taking the boat down early would be a great stepoff point. I caught your enthusiasm as
well while reading about your cruising. I can't wait to experience Baja by sea rather than land.
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May the wind at your back not be your own. 
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Edie H.
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Ooops, forgot to sign in. That was me in last post.
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Jeff Wagner
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Edie,
475 sounds like about the same price. You can check online with Marina de La Paz for current rates. jeff
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Jack Swords
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Jeff,
"Yate Kiyomi"? Are you a powerboat at Palmira? I don't recall the boat. I remember S/V In the Mood.
Jack Swords, S/V La Paloma
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Jeff Wagner
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Hi Jack,
No my boat is not a power boat. It's a 42 ft. double ended sailboat I built up in L.A. back in the 70s. The boat is currently on the hard @ Berkovich
boatyard. We used to keep it @ Palmira but I think I'm better off on dry land when I'm not down there.
Do you still maintain a boat in La Paz? Are you there now? La Paloma. I remember hearing you on the 8am net. Is that a sailboat? jeff
[Edited on 9-21-2003 by Jeff Wagner]
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