After a 3 hour trip south from Tenacatita Bay, we arrived at Barra de Navidad and the famous “Grand Bay Hotel” Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This is one of the highest rated hotels in Mexico by Conde Nast Travel Magazine…..She’s a bit faded, but still quite glorious. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Beach House is the second from last sailboat on your left in the marina. The anchorage lagoon in the back ground (is free) and had up to 70 boats at once during our stay. The marina was priced very much like Los Angeles! Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Beach House is the second from last sailboat on your left in the marina. The anchorage lagoon in the back ground (is free) and had up to 70 boats at once during our stay. The marina was priced very much like Los Angeles! Barra de Navidad, Mexico
The town of Barra de Navidad is immediately across the channel entrance to the north of the Grand Bay Hotel. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This beach was a very popular spot. Both surfboards and surf kayaks were at this nice manageable break. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Cindy overlooking the marina from the hotel Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Cindy’s favorite…….the secret 10th floor pool Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Our slip at the Grand Bay Marina Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Barra has this guy, “The French Baker” and yes, he delivers incredible edibles right to your boat!…You can even give him orders for the next day if you like. Vive La France! Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This is the land based bakery of the French Baker. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
While here at the Grand Bay, we met Del Rey Yacht Club member Sandy Sinclair. His lovely wife as well of s/v “Vianne”… Barra de Navidad, Mexico
While in Barra, I went up the mast to change out our wind speed and direction indicator. The view was worth the trip. The photos were borrowed by Latitude 38 Magazine for their online publication. You can see the deck space we have as compared to the two adjacent mono hull sailboats. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
While at the top of the mast. I took a good look around and got the birds eye view of the area. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This was the lagoon where most of the cruising boats stayed. It’s quite shallow and is definitely NOT for swimming as it handles lots of waste from the boats and the town Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Self portrait. I spent 2 1/2 hours in the “bosn’s chair” up here doing the project. I know you all think we’re having Margaritas. Note the safety mountineering “ascender” (blue object). Whenever I go up the mast. The main halyard (rope) holds the chair, but I attach the ascender to a secondary line should the main line slip or some part of the system break. Belt and suspenders! The spikes you see keep the birds off the top of the mast. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
You can see our radio antenna, mast head navigation light, manual wind direction indicator and me with a great big smile. The rusty antenna will be replaced when we get back to Puerto Vallarta Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Here was Andrew and crew off s/v “Amizade”. Andrew was a Canadian ex-pat who didn’t want to go back to the cold. Our very nice neighbor while we were here in Barra de Navidad Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Well we had head a great deal about another catamaran with a similar name. We finally got to meet Glen from s/v “Beach Access” here in Barra. We again saw him later in La Paz, Baja California. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This is Hiolani I. Originally out of Marina del Rey, CA, the second Hilolani is owned by the Hjorth family (made after they sold Hiolani I). We were boat neighbors for 3 years at the California Yacht Club Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Nuff said Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Taken from up on the nearby hill, the lagoon as seen from above the hotel. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
While we were in Barra, Cindy’s sister Alberta came for a visit. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
At the recommendation of Bill and Mary of s/v “Raptor Dance”, we did a little restaurantouring. Bill helped fix the pasta machine at this restaurant while he was there and remembered fondly to this day. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
Just after Alberta left, we would be touring inland….stay tuned Barra de Navidad, Mexico
This loom was part of the museums display. There are over 52 indiginous tribal peoples in Mexico. Even today this type of loom is widely used. Remember, nearly 40% of all of Mexico does not speak Spanish as a first language. Tlaquepaque – Guadalaraja, Mexico
