
Puddle Jumpers Gather in Banderas Bay

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As this year’s fleet of Pacific Puddle Jumpers stage for springtime departures along the Mexican coast, a variety of marine services are ‘reaching out’ to attract their business. For example, three-time puddle jumper Bob Bechler writes that the year-old Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz (Banderas Bay) is currently offering fleet members a special rate of $.40 USD/foot/day — "a great rate for a marvelous new marina," he says. See the website for complete details on the facility. The offer will only be extended to boats listed in the "PacificPuddleJump" database at Yahoo.com.
"There is a new Mega store located in Bucerias, a short distance away, as is a new Immigration Department office." Until the fleet departs in March and April, Bechler and others will host frequent Puddle Jump meetings at Marina Riviera Nayarit on a variety of pertinent topics.
As in years past, however, Latitude‘s annual Puddle Jump Banderas Bay kick-off party will be held at the Vallarta YC — within the Paradise Village Resort — Thursday, February 12. Our Zihua kick-off party will be held Monday, February 9 (location TBA), the day after the conclusion of Zihua SailFest.
Stay tuned for other Puddle Jump news, including an update on the French Polynesia bond exemption for ‘officially-registered’ Puddle Jumpers.