(yes, we’ve heard about the wrecked cruise ship off Tuscany)
There are several large (~100 footers), older, two-masted (perhaps a mixture of schooner & ketch rigs) sailboats parked around the La Paz area. Someone told us they were all built in Turkey. Perhaps they were used for day charters back when there were more cruise ships coming to town.
Two of these vessels have been tied along the breakwater at Marina Palmira for at least several months, and have not moved from these berths. (There’s another quite lovely one based out of Marina Costa Baja that we have seen out sailing the bay recently.)
At any rate, one of the two vessels in Marina Palmira rolled to 45 degrees on December 22 just before we were returning to the marina after a trip to Isla Espiritu Santo. This was during a low tide and she took in quite a lot of water down below, and was leaning about halfway into the main fairway that boats must negotiate to reach most of the docks. At first we were sure wondering if we’d be able to get past it (we did).
There was some concern that the boat would fall over further to block the fairway but it has since been secured. After several attempts using a couple of tow trucks and also with placement of some large float bags, she had not been set upright by the time we left La Paz on January 5.