Barra Cruise-In Week is an annual event in Barra de Navidad that celebrates cruising in this beautiful location, while raising much-needed funds for local schools. If you haven't experienced Barra de Navidad or this event, you owe it to yourself to come down for a great week of fun and giving back. Cruising boats typically leave Banderas Bay around February 6 and many cruise in company for the trip down. Also, many drive down - its an easy drive south on Route 200 and takes around 4 hours. There are many excellent hotels in Barra, and cruisers who participate in the event get a discount in the marina.
The attached is from the event organizers, and gives some details on what will happen during the week. Additionally, there are links for making donations! Please help if you can.
This event is the core of VYC's annual Cruise-Out. You can sign up for the event here: https://www.vallartayachtclub.org/barra
SAVE THE DATES 8 – 16 FEB 2025: If you haven’t already – mark your calendar for February 8 – 16, 2025 to join us for the annual Barra de Navidad Cruise-In Week. Our two musical guests have committed – Eva Kabande and Salvador. And six vessels have already registered! We recently announced the “Save your seat” sale for our two music cruises and seats are already being reserved! This year, the Music Cruises, Mexican Fiesta, Flamingo Regatta and the Flamingo Money Race (donations) will be pooled and shared between the six Barra schools and the public library, which is another valuable community resource with a mission to support learning.
MARINA FEE AND CONTACT INFORMATION The marina fee extended to participants in our event will be $1.21USD/ft/day, plus tax and power – subject to availability, from 9 Feb – 16 Feb 2025 (FYI, the daily rack rate this season is $2.15 / foot / day). Make your marina reservation soon as winter bookings are VERY active for that timeframe. We expect the marina to be completely booked for the Jan. 22-25 fishing tournament, many of the boats want to extend their stay beyond those dates, and space availability may be even more limited than it was last season. ONLY BOATS REGISTERED FOR AND PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DISCOUNTED RATE.
Marina office +52 314.337.9014
recepcionmarina@islaresort.com.mx and copy harbormaster@islaresort.com.mx
WEBSITES FOR REGISTRATION AND DONATIONS: Remember to register your vessel or yourself as a volunteer – the link is on the Info and Register page at our new Cruise-In Week website. There are also pages with information about past events and how funds have been used.
https://cruiseinweek.wixsite.com/cruiseinweek
The page also has links to the NEW ONLINE DONATIONS SITE, hosted by GiveButter. There you and your supporters can make a general donation, or sponsor your boat using credit/debit cards, PayPal, or electronic wallets such as Venmo, ApplePay and GooglePay and receive an automated email notification of their successful donation. As boats are registered for the Flamingo Regatta, they are added as a Team Member so donations can be made on their behalf for the all-important MONEY RACE to help the kids of Barra de Navidad!
HELP FOR THE COLIMILLA PRIMARIA - In the spirit of giving - if you are packing your bags or bilge lockers to join us, keep the elementary school of Colimilla in mind. There are about 25 students in grades 1 - 6, and one teacher, Maestro Saul. He has put together the attached wish list of classroom and playground items if you have space to carry them to Barra. We will collect the items throughout the week and present them to the school on Friday February 14th at the pizza party.