Sailing with Celestial's Tripp

We are a Tripp 47 racing boat turned cruiser that we bought in Maine in 2009. We sailed it through the Panama Canal and up to Seattle then back to Mexico and over to Hawaii in 2012.

29 April 2020 | mazatlan
08 January 2020 | Punta Mita
08 January 2020 | Bahia Santa Maria
14 December 2019 | Ensenada
14 December 2019 | Guillermo's yard, Ensenada
14 December 2019 | Ensenada
14 November 2019 | Ensenada enada
27 February 2019
27 February 2019
27 February 2019
27 February 2019 | Punta Mida and beyond
27 February 2019 | San Jose del Cabo
04 February 2019 | Baja
04 February 2019 | Ensenada
27 January 2019 | Barra de Navidad
09 August 2016 | Shearwater on Denny Island, CA
09 August 2016 | Klemtu, CA

Leaving Cabo

19 November 2011
Sunny but we'll be short on wind
Well, our Cabo days are over.... Wanted to jot down a few facts for those behind us. Officially it cost $13 a day to swing on your own hook and dinghy in to a dinghy dock 30 mins. away. The dinghy dock is 30 pesos a day but no one sat there and collected from us so it was one tax we didn't have to pay. The water taxi was $3 a head one way and allowed us to be dropped off closer to our friend's condo but be sure to return before dark. All bets are off as to if they'll still be running.

The check in only involved 3 stops and it was done within 3 hours. Our Sea of Cortez book had a pretty good map we could use to locate all three spots. We paid around 700 pesos for a week.

We didn't realize how lucky we were to not have cruise ships in the harbor every day. Between jet skis and water taxis and gringos on a string, we were bouncing all day long Wed-Friday. The only good part was we decided to go snorkeling while pangas were taking people over to the beach and they would feed the fish so the tourists could see them all gather and since we were in the same spot, we enjoying the fish show along side the tourists. Did get some jellyfish and mosquito stings but it could be worse, right?

Couldn't resist showing one of the flying fish that beached himself. Also have a picture of a squid that shows its massive eye.

So now we'll sail 200 miles to Mazatlan to meet up with friends on 3 other boats.

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Vessel Name: Celestial
Vessel Make/Model: Tripp 47
Hailing Port: Mere Point, Maine
Crew: Scott and Donna Hansen
About: On our first boat in 1977 Scott said, "One day I'd like to sail around the world." We did that from 1988 to 1996 on a J-36. Now we own our 4th boat, a Tripp 47 'Celestial' that we are retiring on.
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We sailed from Maine in 2009 to Panama, up to Seattle, back down to Mexico and over to Hawaii in 2012. 2013 we went to NZ, Aust. and the South Pacific returning to Hawaii in 2015. In 2016 we sailed to Alaska and back to the Northwest. We kept our boat in Portland until April 2018 when Scott and [...]
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