“Go sailing now my friend,
it is later than you think”
Acapulco to Manzanillo is 294 miles. A couple days passage. Most likely will continue on to Marina Puerto de la Navidad if weather is good for fuel.
The bay of Manzanillo is a commercial harbor with shipyards, tuna seiners, Navy. The Pemex (Mexican national fuel producer) dock is all the way in the back bay. (As of 2003 the fuel dock at Manzanillo no longer sells fuel to yachts at the commercial price. It is the same price at Gran Bay Marina fuel dock so there is little or no point to going into Manzanillo harbor.) Follow the channel past the dry docks to a large concrete wharf near the tuna fleet at the end of the bay. Be patient they either pump through 4-inch hose or 1 ½ inch (slow) hose but the fuel is clean and cheap. Bring Mexican pesos; the attendant cannot accept credit cards or US dollars.
Across the large bay before the entrance to the harbor is the famous Las Hadas hotel (the Dudley Moore movie “10” was filmed here). Don’t attempt to enter the Las Hadas basin with a yacht larger than 80 feet. It is all med mooring and a tangle of lines with a terrible surge into the concrete docks. The anchorage just outside the basin is beautiful with good holding and you can pay a fee to dock the dinghy and use the hotel pool and facilities.
Manzanillo
Yachts anchor outside Las Hadas Hotel or stern-to one of the docks inside the jetty. The offices of Port Captain and Immigration must be visited, in Manzanillo town. Their offices are in the large concrete building situated on the sta'board side of the channel leading to the inner harbour, on the southern side of Sandiago Bay.
There is a small marina on the southern side of the Santiago Peninsula as part of the Las Hadas Hotel complex. It is also possible to find other sheltered anchorages close to one of the peninsulas which project into the Manzanillo and Santiago Bays.
Latitude 23° 13' 0" Longitude 106° 24' 36"
Marina Las Hadas
Av. Vista Hermosa y de Los Riscos , Fracc. Peninsula de Santiago , Manzanillo, 28200 Mexico
Tel:011-52 (314) 331-0101 Fax:011-52 (314) 331-0125
All facilities, laundry, fuel available, bar/restaurant and use of resort facilities.
Marina Puerto de la Navidad
Barra de Navidad , Mexico
Tel:+52 335 55050/355 55950
Along the Way. . .
Zihuatenejo
The offices of Port Captain and Immigration are behind the concrete fishing dock.
Port Captain
Tel:+52 (755) 554-2190
Marina Ixtapa
Paseo de la Darsena s/n Interior Casa Club , Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, , Guerrero, Mexico. 40880
Tel:+52 (755) 553-2180 Fax:+52 (755) 553-2180 ,VHF Channel 16
Located 4 miles from Zihuatanejo. Slips for boats upto 70' LOA in a sheltered basin behind the west end of Playa Ixtapa. Their entrance channel is occasionally blocked for dredging. Seasonally, the depth varies from 5' to 12' in the channel. Water, electricity, fuel dock (diesel & gas), showers, laundry, and a restaurant. Dockmistress Elsa and her assistant Erica both speak English.
Marina Puerto Mio
Paseo del Morro 5 , Col. Playa del Almacen, Zihuatanejo , Guerrero, Mexico
Tel:011 52 755 43344/US 1-888-633-3295/Mex 1-800-711-2089 Fax:011-52-755-43335 ,VHF Channel 11
Opening hours: Office 9.30-8
A small marina with water, electricity and a fuel dock. There is a mini-market and a restaurant/bar. The hotel provides laundry, phone, fax and other services. A limited range of repairs is possible.
Zihuatanejo Yacht Club
(at Casa Marina Restaurant)
Tel:+52 (755) 554-8666 ,VHF Channel 72
Caleta de Campos
Nice little bay that requires a stern anchor but worth the effert. This is a ranching town and lots of leather goods to be had. Open to the south.
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