March 12, 2010. Mexico. Boat Show. La Cruz.

Marina Riviera Nayarit at La Cruz was the location of the boat show. The Marina is new, just one year old and is the largest marina in Mexico. We had wanted to see the new marina, so the boat show was a perfect excuse, especially as a bus was taking us from our home to the marina, free of charge. Of course, they want you to come and pay the entrance fee, so it makes sense to provide us a free bus. But it made it easy for us so we went.

It was a wonderful day. The marina is big and with all the boats on display the place was full. The new boats are fancy, all boats ready to go out onto the Pacific Ocean to fish and cruise. Boston Whaler Co was there in force. One 37 ft. Boston Whaler had three 300HP motors on the back. Can you imagine how fast that boat would go? We walked all around the marina, and sat while twenty sail boats got ready and departed the harbor to race on the Bay of Bandares. It was exciting to see the hustle and bustle, with each team members wearing their team shirt, looking very smart and important.

La Cruz used to be a sleepy little fishing village, but with this new large marina, I suspect it will change. Just around the end of the marina is a dock area for the fishing fleet. As soon as the fishermen arrive with their catch, they come up the small hill and clean their fish, then put the fish in front under ice, ready to be sold. While we were there, folks were waiting while the fisherman cleaned their fish so they could take the fresh fish home for dinner. Fish doesn't get much better than that and neither does our day at the boat show.