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Barra de Navidad Cruise-In Week Scheduled for February

The holidays are over, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. In fact, in some places, it’s just getting started. If you’re down south — we mean, in Mexico — you might want to join the fun of Cruise-In Week and Fiesta de Veleros. Located in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico, this fun festival raises money for local schools. In submitting their application to receive a share of the money, schools present a plan of how they intend to use the funds and promise to show the results, and receipts. As a result of last year’s festival, five schools received around $5,600 USD.

This year’s Cruise-In Week runs from February 8 to 16. As part of the festivities, you can enjoy afternoon cruises on Barra Bay on February 11 and 13. And you don’t even need your own boat!

Here are the official details:

There are two afternoon cruises to sail Barra Bay, with live music — Tuesday, February 11, with the amazing Eva Kabande and Bongo Dan, and Thursday, February 13, with the legendary Salvador.

Tickets are 1,200 pesos each and include your round-trip water taxi ride to the marina, an afternoon sailing adventure, two beverages, an appetizer and a musical performance.

Tickets are available in Barra at MLS Realty (across from the fish statues) next to the ETN bus station. In Melaque, see Farmacias Arias, close to the immigration office on López Mateos 66, Centro.

There are a limited number of tickets available for each cruise. No holds will be permitted, and it’s on a first-come, first-buy basis.

NOTE: DO NOT buy any tickets online! We do not sell them there. Buy only from one of the above two vendors. If someone unknown to you is offering to sell you their tickets, contact us.

FYI. There are a limited number of large sailboats available this year. Large groups may be divided up on smaller vessels.

Unfortunately a number of boats are not coming to Barra for various reasons (boats were sold, boats require repairs, or the captains have found other adventures). This is why there are fewer seats available for the cruises.

For more information send us an email at [email protected] or by FB Messenger.

All net proceeds go directly to the schools and the library in Barra.

Tickets are on sale now!

 

 

3 Comments

  1. Elinore Craig 1 month ago

    Calling all sailboats! This text alerts the community to the event, but if you’re interested in more info from the sailors’ perspective, check out the website at https://cruiseinweek.wixsite.com/cruiseinweek.

    The Info and Register page has links to our agenda and registration form.

    Our primary purpose is to fundraise for local schools, and this year they are sharing with the public library who has some infrastructure needs. You can “sponsor” a boat in the Flamingo Regatta and help them wun ” The Money Race”, or make a general donations by credit card, PayPal, e-wallets, etc at https://givebutter.com/s3GWw1

    Thank you for your attention!

  2. Pat McIntosh 1 month ago

    Sailor’s work projects return to Barra this year also! They had been discontinued when Covid closed everything down. On Wednesday of Cruise-in Week we plan on Painting at at least two schools and cleaning up a playground area at a third school. But this all depends on how many boats and sailors get here for the fun. If you are sailing in Mexico and would like to share the fun of CRUISE-IN WEEK and help out the local schools and kids, come on down! We’ve got a huge lagoon to anchor in and the Grand Marina is giving you a special rate, take your pick! Barra has great food, music on the streets every night, and it’s a great spot to get provisions. Please try to let us know you’re coming if you can, it helps us plan for ticket sales and rounding up paint brushes.

  3. We’re pulling into the lagoon now (sv Panther). I’m curious to know if we can still participate in the cruise-in-week activities even if we’re not officially signed up as a hosting boat? Ie. Can we attend the opening party Monday at 4pm? Can we sail the Bay and listen to the boat band Tuesday afternoon? And can we participate in the school improvement projects on Wednesday (including our kids, B10, G7)? We will likely leave toward Tenacatita Thursday so would probably not be around for the sail that day.

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