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Old 01-07-2023, 03:57 PM   #22
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City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Cabo San Lucas is now a bustling city the size of Victoria BC, The big ships all anchor out and tender their huge numbers in. Where they land is like many other cruise ship destinations and, being Mexico, has all the trappings of the Mexican tourist industry.

The marina used to be a swamp, then a small airfield, then was built as a marina. The largest boat inside when we landed is a very large (175'(?)) Lurssen, tied near a ~100'. Neither had a name visible.

AIS revealed neither, but did reveal "La Datcha", anchored out near us. Further searching revealed that this yacht is on charter, and is owned by a Russian Billionaire who, since the war in Ukraine began, has a net worth that has dropped from over $8B to under $1B. ?Sanctions?

Our choice of shore excursions took us to the nearby town of San Jose del Cabo, pop ~150k, where we saw no street vendors, everything was clean, in what shops we entered, nobody was pressuring us to make a purchase, all were friendly. Much nicer than Cabo. The Mission there is pictured below.
We are now back out at sea. Clear skies and winds under 10knots NW, seas 3m, on a long, easy period, on the nose. Dolphins (common) in the bow waves occasionally. Lots of brown boobies keeping pace and fishing for flying fish.

LA tomorrow, where we offload 1/2 of the passengers and they are replaced. LA is the only port where we lose or gain passengers, so our full load will remain at around 800.

Tom, we did find the infirmary, as Janet had an eye thing. Very quiet. She got service without needing to wait, and that is now behind us.
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