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Forum: General Sailing Forum

08-10-2020, 07:09

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

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Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

Can I ask about approximate labor rates in Rio? I'm paying about $17/hr-$20/hr for general yard work, carpentry, and fiberglass. Mechanic, electrician, stainless steel fabrication are somewhere in...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

08-10-2020, 02:49

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

I can't speak to doing a refit in Rio, just to doing it cross border when I'm only 70 miles south in Ensenada and can have stuff delivered to San Diego and driven across the border, 99% of the time...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

06-10-2020, 15:24

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

I know refits are labor intensive and thus cheap labor is attractive. But speaking as a guy who is finishing a refit in Ensenada MX (80 miles south of San Diego), there's more to consider beyond...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

16-02-2020, 12:43

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

YouTube video posted a few days ago about a sailboat being heeled over to cross the Rio bar. Boat draws 6-feet and had challenges getting over on a high tide.

https://youtu.be/sfB4v_TBdxM

Forum: General Sailing Forum

29-01-2020, 00:50

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

Heeling a sailboat under fixed bridges on the ICW is not uncommon. Below is an older video of one technique using bladders from the halyards to induce enough heel. There's a 49-foot fixed bridge on...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

28-01-2020, 18:52

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

Okay, I own a condo in Playa del Carmen MX, a town with a fast rising crime rate that starlets the hell out of people. I rent it occasionally VRBO and cite your arguments all the time. Don't do...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

28-01-2020, 14:30

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

Tartan - as a guy who travels throughout Central America, I too have recited stats about how Chicago, St Louis, and Baltimore all appear above fill-in-the-blank CA city for crime stats. But this is...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

28-01-2020, 11:45

Replies: 58

Rio Dulce

Views: 16,378

Posted By mvweebles

Re: Rio Dulce

FYI - there have been some reports of piracy in addition to normal theft along the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras, though 2019 was fairly quiet for violent interactions (versus nuisance theft).
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