> worked in Latin America for years and so spoke Spanish. We were > anchored in La Paz harbor, where many cruising sailboats stop for a > few months waiting out the hurricane season before heading on down > into the South Pacific. It is also occupied by yachties who have > either decided to stay in the Sea of Cortez or who have, for one > reason or another, become more-or-less permanent. Some of them, no > doubt, became tired of listening to the continual fisherman chatter in > Spanish on Channel 16 . > > After dinner one evening I heard a call in Spanish on channel 16 that > indicated there was a problem with a vessel entering the twisting (and > confusingly marked) channel leading up to the harbor. When I tried to figure out usable channels Baja Cal Sur, particularly St. Rosalia area, the info for St Rosalia marina - quite official info, with location of "capitania", no-docking zone aound the ferry terminal, etc - recommended Channel 16 as a local communication channel. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 19 2005 - 12:24:12 PDT
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