Naval rescue off Barra de Navidad

A shrimp boat that was about to sink with five crew on board, was rescued by members of the Navy of Mexico off the coast of Barra de Navidad, in the Municipality of Cihuatlán, Jalisco.

 

Elements of the Sixth Naval Region Ministry of the Navy of Mexico ( Semar )  rescued one shrimp boat that was in danger of sinking in the vicinity of the coast of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco .

The official spokesperson on this port Semar Colima, Lieutenant Wendy Murillo Band, announced that the rescue operation was conducted by the Naval Station Search and Rescue Manzanillo (ENSAR) military dependency.

Reported that rescue operations began when he received a call from the Port of Manzanillo, Colima, to report that the vessel "UNICAP XI", belonging to the Cooperative Fish Production Alexander Von Humboldt, SC of RL and CV, based Colima is in this port, had a leak and was in danger of sinking.

In response, immediately Defender sailed a boat type, belonging to the said naval station, to provide the required support to the use of a pump to evacuate water and an expert swimmer, who proceeded to perform subsea work in order to locate the source of the leak and fix it temporarily.

On arrival of the vessel of the Navy, the captain and crew of the damaged shrimp were about to abandon ship at it as lost.

However, the timely intervention of elements of the Sixth Naval Region, and we controlled the situation, the boat with five crew on board was towed to the port of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, where he was received by their owners.

Marina rescata embarcación en costa de Jalisco

Carnaval Costalegre 2013

From the 5th to the 9th of March - Barra de Navidad

Del 6 al 9 de Marzo

CAM School and Benefit

Here's some fotos of the CAM (Centro de Atención Múltiple) School in Barra de Navidad where I have been every Friday with a kid for his physical therapy. The exercise pool below was donated by the local Rotary group and will be inaugurated next week along with the benefit. A very good school and worthy cause.  The school is located about 3 blocks past the pavement on Nueva Espana behind the primary school on the right.

Everyone is invited to attend the 4rd Annual Benefit Event for CAM Cihuatlán. This event, which supports local handicapped children will be held at Restaurant Esmeralda in Melaque on January 25th. 2013 starting at 4:00pm. Come out to enjoy delicious food, live music, dancing, auction and much more. Tickets are only $60 pesos and available at these locations.

Barra de Navidad: Hotel Alondra, CAM Cihuatlán
San Patricio - Melaque: Mex-Eco Tours, Restaurant Esmeralda

The school

Lunch and meeting area

The new exercise pool

CamCihuatlan.org

Anual Rotary Chili Cookoff

CALLING ALL COOKS - We are looking for cooks that want to join the friendly competition. The entry form (in English and Spanish) is available on our website at: http://costalegre-rotary.org/ or at MLS Realtors in Barra or Rooster Restaurant in Melaque, Being a chili cook is a great way to put something back - all the funds raised from this event go right back into the local community.

LIVE MUSIC -There will be live music throughout the afternoon and the Ballet Xalixco Folkloric Dancers will be performing as well!

But that’s not all! After the cookoff ends there will be live rock and roll music and Dancing Under Stars well into the evening!

It’s going to be a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon and evening!

Barra Web Cam Sunset

Here's a couple of stills from the Casa de Marco web cam around sunset. The problem is that it only updates about every hour so there is little chance of catching the perfect sunset

Casa de Marco web page