Chiapas Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/chiapas/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 02:14:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.svruahatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SVRuaHatu_Stamp-32x32.png Chiapas Archives | Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/tag/chiapas/ 32 32 Viva Mexico! https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/10/viva-mexico/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/10/viva-mexico/#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=3407 With the new sails all set up and ready, we prepare for our departure from Puerto Chiapas. We spend the last days provisioning, stowing gear, and getting our paperwork in order before departing for new shores. But the weather has other plans. We were all ready to go on September 13 but the weather chose …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/10/viva-mexico/feed/ 0 Hurry up and wait a bit longer https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=3286 We finally receive our long-awaited new sails and test them successfully. Now we’re ready to set off for Costa Rica, if only the weather will cooperate. After three months of patiently waiting, our new sails finally arrived on Tuesday afternoon, September 6. Packaged in two impressively compact boxes, the four sails weigh a total of …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/09/hurry-up-and-wait-a-bit-longer/feed/ 0 The Quest for New Sails https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=2606 It is that time in a boat owners’ life when the sailboat is in need of a new wardrobe. Our current inventory of sails came with the boat. Each from different sailmakers and possibly handed down from other boats since some measurements on the old sails don’t quite match the sailplan. Our genoa foresail has …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-quest-for-new-sails/feed/ 0 The List is Shrinking! https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-list-is-shrinking/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-list-is-shrinking/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:08:01 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=3109 Spending all our time tied to the dock has allowed us to catch up on our to-do list, so much so that we might leave here with nothing left to fix! Though Murphy’s Law will surely strike again, it feels good to have made so much progress on all the small things we’ve been putting …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/08/the-list-is-shrinking/feed/ 1 An Ode to Grocery Deliveries https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/07/an-ode-to-grocery-deliveries/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2022/07/an-ode-to-grocery-deliveries/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=2985 Here at Marina Chiapas there is not much happening these days besides heat, humidity, and the occasional thunderstorm. Marina Chiapas is far from the next town, Tapachula, approximately 30 minutes by car. Tapachula has almost everything the spoiled capitalist from the United States is looking to snack on, play with, or use to fix the …

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