"On Wednesday we heard that the Charlotte B, a 67-ft Nordhavn trawler,

  Not many on the list have bashed up from Cabo, but it can be a

  This entire coast is rather inhospitable.  The harbor at Mag bay is the

  We will not know what happend to the boat until the crew is interviewed.

  The mention of salvage is made.  It would take several days for tugs

  We arrived at Cabo just after the storm in 1982 when a number of boats

  Tragedy!

  Bob Austin

>From the Coast Guard Documentation data base query: There is a 62 foot Nordhavn named Charolette B owned by: HAROLD & EDITH GREENBERG FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 12-4-92 501 N HAPPY VALLEY ROAD PRESCOTT, AZ 66305 >From "Lectronic Lattitude" "Sailor Reported Killed Aboard Powerboat at Mag Bay April 21 - Bahia Magdalena, BCS "On Wednesday we heard that the Charlotte B, a 67-ft Nordhavn trawler, was having problems doing the Baja Bash near Mag Bay," reports Axel Heller of La Paz. "The report was that one person had been injured and that the Mexican Navy was responding. This morning the news was worse - the Charlotte B had somehow been lost on the rocks, one person had died, and the remaining four crew had been air-lifted out. The crewmember who was lost was reportedly from a sailboat berthed at Marina Palmira in La Paz. It's unclear how the boat went onto the rocks, but the wind was reportedly blowing 35 knots or more, and the seas were rough." Not many on the list have bashed up from Cabo, but it can be a struggle,even for a Nordhavn 62. The wind is frequently out of the North West/at over 20 knots, with considerable seas which are often up to 8 to 10 feet. Personally we don't stop in Mag Bay routinely--and the site of the wreckage is not really near the normal entrance. This entire coast is rather inhospitable. The harbor at Mag bay is the first possiable refuge from Cabo, next Turtle Bay, then behind Cedros and some of the smaller bays. (some are off limits because of whale migration and shoaling). We will not know what happend to the boat until the crew is interviewed. I would find it very difficult to thing that a boat would be in close to the beach without a very careful watch being stood. The mention of salvage is made. It would take several days for tugs either from Mexico or S. Calif. to reach this area, and then the boat would have to be bridled and an attempt to pull her off. There from the photos you don't know how much damage is done on the other side, or how much more damage would be done on an attempt to pull her off. We have seen less than stellar results from attempts by the Mexican Navy or fishing boats attempting to salvage vessels. We arrived at Cabo just after the storm in 1982 when a number of boats had soft groundings--and only a small percent were salvaged on a sandy sloping beach. Tragedy! Bob Austin