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01-27-2023, 11:03 PM
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City: SEWARD ALASKA
Vessel Name: DOS PECES
Vessel Model: BAYLINER 4788
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Sunset at Anchor
This is the sunset we saw at anchor tonight.
The gorgeous Willard in the photos is my friend Doug's boat
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01-28-2023, 06:12 AM
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City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Dec 2022
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Beautiful !
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01-28-2023, 09:07 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
Vessel Name: DOS PECES
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Doug and I are off on another adventure!!!
He is a few miles ahead, and today we are cruising for Isla San Francisco
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01-28-2023, 10:50 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Puget Sound
Vessel Name: Muirgen
Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
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Beautiful! Good on you. (I still hate you though!) 
It's high of 39 here tomorrow in PNW. Down to 26 at night . . .
Hopefully we'll be your way in 10 months. Will you guys still be there?
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01-28-2023, 11:07 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowgoesit
Beautiful! Good on you. (I still hate you though!)
It's high of 39 here tomorrow in PNW. Down to 26 at night . . .
Hopefully we'll be your way in 10 months. Will you guys still be there? |
Yes, we have a year round slip in Marina La Paz. We will be based in the Sea of Cortez for the next couple of years at least. After that who knows... One adventure at a time.
If... If you have any plans for staying in a slip my advice is to reserve one now. You will pay a small deposit and be guaranteed your slip when you arrive. If you are late they will hold your slip as long as you have arranged payment from your original arrival date.
It has been unusually cold this last week. Some days only made it to 70 or so an the lows have been in the 50's. Right now the water is a bit cold for snorkeling at least for us at 68. For the next few days we are expecting highs in the high 70's and lows in the 50's.
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01-28-2023, 11:47 AM
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Guru
City: Los Angeles
Join Date: Feb 2020
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Bundle up!
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01-28-2023, 12:06 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Puget Sound
Vessel Name: Muirgen
Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ksanders
Yes, we have a year round slip in Marina La Paz. We will be based in the Sea of Cortez for the next couple of years at least. After that who knows... One adventure at a time.
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Is that Marina de la Paz, or Marina Cotez La Paz? Both come up. Oh, and I deleted the WX info you posted . . . .as it just PISSED ME OFF! 
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01-28-2023, 12:51 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
Vessel Name: DOS PECES
Vessel Model: BAYLINER 4788
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01-28-2023, 01:20 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Puget Sound
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I just sent in a reservation request. Rates are $$$$! Our boat is 57' overall, so I had to go with a 60' slip for $1,639 usd plus electric. Ouch! We'll probably stay for a month or so, than cancel our reservation as soon as we begin cruising, as we don't plan on being marina bound for the time we're in SOC, and it doesn't make sense to keep paying for an empty slip while we're away, and we don't plan on leaving the boat there by itself either.
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01-28-2023, 08:33 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
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We use the marina as a home base and like the idea that we have a place to go. We have a house in town so it makes sense for us.
Here is yet another perfect sunset. This one at Isla San Francisco.
We are about 40 miles north of La Paz.
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01-29-2023, 09:52 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
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and this is the same anchorage at 7:30 this morning.
Coffee at anchor!! Isla San Francisco, Baja California Sur.
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01-29-2023, 09:56 AM
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Guru
City: Sandusky Bay
Vessel Name: Escape
Vessel Model: Mariner 37
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Great stuff. We are aground in Mud Season for another few months up here.
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01-29-2023, 10:27 AM
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City: Saint Petersburg
Vessel Name: Weebles
Vessel Model: 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Join Date: Mar 2019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowgoesit
I just sent in a reservation request. Rates are $$$$! Our boat is 57' overall, so I had to go with a 60' slip for $1,639 usd plus electric. Ouch! We'll probably stay for a month or so, than cancel our reservation as soon as we begin cruising, as we don't plan on being marina bound for the time we're in SOC, and it doesn't make sense to keep paying for an empty slip while we're away, and we don't plan on leaving the boat there by itself either.
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WOW! That seems pretty steep; but it does include water and 19% tax. I checked their rate card to see if this was transient or monthly and it is indeed the monthly rate. (Rate card is HERE. I see a 40-foot slip is $900/mo for their monthly rate which is slightly higher than Chula Vista in the San Diego area. At Cruiseport in Ensenada, it's around $450 (incl tax). I believe Marina Coral, the preferred gringo marina connected to a full service hotel just north of Ensenada is around $500 (incl tax).
I guess that means there is slip availability though. Anyone have any sense whether the rates skyrocketed due to Covid transplants, or were the slip fees always high? When we finally head south, we're still uncertain about whether we'll spend the winter in SoC, or just head south - Mazatlan has piqued our curiosity as a good place to stay for a couple months, perhaps fly home to Florida. Rate card for Marina Mazatlan HERE. For Weebes, works out to $650/mo ($775 with IVA - 60-foot slip for Slowgoesit would be around $1300/mo incl tax).
Peter
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01-29-2023, 10:35 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle, WA USA and San Carlos, Sonora MX
Vessel Name: Domino and Libra
Vessel Model: Malcom Tennant 20M and Noordzee Kotter 52
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Yes, moorage in the Sea of Cortez is the highest I have seen anywhere I have been. Rising rapidly. Hard to come by mostly.
3k to tie up the cat.
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01-29-2023, 11:15 AM
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Senior Member
City: La Paz, BCS
Vessel Name: Ansedonia
Vessel Model: Californian/Carver 52CPMY
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Kevin,
Isla SF is one of my favorite spots. Regarding slip fees, I have been in Marina de la Paz for about 10 years. Covid has dramatically changed things. It seems that many of the american fishermen brought their boats back up from central america during covid and got as far as Cabo and La Paz. Suddenly there is a high demand for slips and rates rise.
Rates have gone up twice in the last year at Marina de la Paz. Last year I paid $1600USD in La Cruz and in Barra de Navidad, so I expect those prices to make their way to La Paz. I was just moved to a larger slip and the cost is $1399.
I know that boating is a rich man's game now, and I'm not rich. My boat is going on the market any day now. Anybody interested in a Californian 52 CPMY fully rigged for cruising? IT COMES WITH A SLIP!!!
Cheers, Bill
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01-29-2023, 11:27 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle, WA USA and San Carlos, Sonora MX
Vessel Name: Domino and Libra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Montenido
Kevin,
Isla SF is one of my favorite spots. Regarding slip fees, I have been in Marina de la Paz for about 10 years. Covid has dramatically changed things. It seems that many of the american fishermen brought their boats back up from central america during covid and got as far as Cabo and La Paz. Suddenly there is a high demand for slips and rates rise.
Rates have gone up twice in the last year at Marina de la Paz. Last year I paid $1600USD in La Cruz and in Barra de Navidad, so I expect those prices to make their way to La Paz. I was just moved to a larger slip and the cost is $1399.
I know that boating is a rich man's game now, and I'm not rich. My boat is going on the market any day now. Anybody interested in a Californian 52 CPMY fully rigged for cruising? IT COMES WITH A SLIP!!!
Cheers, Bill
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I agree with this sentiment generally. I do not blame the marina operators, it is just a mismatch between supply and demand for moorage and they have very good pricing power. I will leave the Sea of Cortez early for this reason. I have an 80 foot slip in Puget Sound that will hold the cat and the cost is less than half of La Paz. Let that sink in a minute. Puget Sound half as expensive as La Paz. That is a clear market signal which I will obey.
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01-29-2023, 02:08 PM
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Senior Member
City: Tauranga
Vessel Name: Ahi
Vessel Model: Roger Hill Powercat
Join Date: Apr 2016
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There is a new marina being built in Whangarei, New Zealand. These comments in regard to the expected future demand:
“Because we do focus on a lot of international visiting boats coming here, I just heard from a marina manager in Mexico who said it’s absolutely crazy the number of boats that are on their way next season to come over here.
“There are 50 boats just sitting there, anchored because they can’t get into the marinas there, that are wanting to cross the Pacific. Maybe due to Covid as well, people just want to get out there,” Beck said
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01-29-2023, 02:32 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
Vessel Name: DOS PECES
Vessel Model: BAYLINER 4788
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My thought is that the marinas in La Paz are full at the current slip rates.
I am paying around $1200 plus $50 for a parking space + electricity.
Yes it's a lot but again the marina is full.
I really like the marina, the owner, and the people that work there. They really try to cater to their slipholders.
In Ensenada at Marina Coral the price was around $900 and the services were the same. But... The marina was not full.
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01-29-2023, 11:22 PM
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Newbie
City: Dallas
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Love it
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01-30-2023, 12:01 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: SEWARD ALASKA
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recognize these guys???
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