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Loreto Fest

Stop by Puerto Escondido have a good time and meet some great people.  When you are in the area we monitor channel 16, the morning net in on Channel 22 at 8:00 AM.

Loreto Fest 2009 - April 30th.  May 1st.  2nd. and 3rd.

Loreto Fest 2009 will prove to be a “blast from the past”!  The theme for 2009 is the 50’s.  So pull out all of those poodle skirts, bobby socks, rolled up jeans and T-shirts and let’s get rocking. 

The costume party will commence on May 2^nd and there will be prizes for the best costumes. 

We have a load of things planned for next year so plan on being here and participating in everything!

 Co-chairpersons for Loreto Fest 2009 are Vicky “Cat House” and Brenda “No Se” if you have any questions about Loreto Fest or would like to help in any way please contact Vicky -  jvriverats@juno.com or Brenda -  bajabecks@aol.com

Email:  hiddenportyachtclub@hotmail.com for general information about the harbor, rates, area, membership etc.

Loreto Fest 2008

HPYC and everyone attending Loreto Fest this year would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You to A. P. I.  and Singlar for the use of their facilities during Loreto Fest, the Park de Marino for giving their informative seminar, to everyone who donated items to the Silent Auction, and the donation of prizes. (Please see the list of names at the end of this article) HPYC would also like to Thank everyone who came, participated, helped, and had FUN! Chairperson for the 12th Loreto Fest Connie "Sunlover"

Everything started on Thursday with the setting up of the fest area.  At 10:30 hotdogs and beer were available to fortify the workers; the day and fest built from there. Thursday night there was Pot Luck Hors D’Oeuvres, the hostess was Debra of "Élan" (Did you just read "Élan", after 6 years Debra and Guy are back in the sea.) Music was enjoyed for the balance of the evening.

Presented by Dave "Carlota",  the Chili Cook Off winners were: 1st place - Jose Eduardo Alvarado and brother David Manuel, sons of Lulu, Singlar. 2nd place Alexander and Catharine "Schatzi". 3rd Place Richard "Road Runner"

 HPYC has started a Youth Sailing program this was introduced at Loreto Fest, it was received well with many offering help and support. The sailing program is for local Mexican youth to additionally foster our community relationships.  This new boating/water safety program will begin in fall of 2008 with basic sailing and boating safety education and will be made available to all youth serving organizations and the community at large.  All courses will include boating safety education and follow US Sailing/ASA curriculum guidelines. 

 The many activities on Saturday included Mexican Weather  by Rick "Tortuga" in this seminar more was learned about weather patterns in Mexico. A    T-Shirt design Workshop where  one could learn how to design your own South-of-the-Border-Style T-shirt. 

              Board games played included White Elephant Poker and Mexican train.

"Wingstar" was the mother boat for the Dinghy Races, with Capitan Chris, Admiral, Vicky and 2 swabbies, Sierra and Christen

As the closing time to the Silent Auction approached the bidding got more serious and intense. The very serious bidders were standing with pen in hand ready to make that last winning bid as the count down started. They many special items donated ranged from big to small.

An additional bonus to the 3 days of actives is helping with a committee, be it food preparation, helping the musicians, playing music, tending bar, cooking hot dogs or selling tickets, memberships and T-Shirts.  Helping is not all work!!

A 50/50 draw took place all four nights. Thursday - Roxana Terpening "Acacia", Friday - Mike "Iron Mike", Saturday - Juan - "Ciao" and Sunday Craig - "Aristocrat" were the winners.

Awards were presented to 1st.  2nd and 3rd place in the games also special recognition was given to all the committee heads and those "special" people who help make Loreto Fest a success.

The monies generated go to the education of local children. At this time donations have gone to: 4000 P to the Loreto Internado, 14,000 P to the Loreto University, and 24,000 P to the Ligui AsistED. More will be made after the donation committee meets again.

It was a great fest thank you to everyone. We hope to see you next year.

Supporters of L.F. 2008: Del Barracho, Jarros y Tarros, The Pool Bar at the Inn at Loreto Bay, Stroker's Reef, Hamman Vacaciones, Iguana Inn, La Damiana Inn, Inn at Loreto Bay, Augie's, Café Sagitario, Domingo's Place, Hacienda Suites, La Cascada, La Picazon,  McLulu's, Mediterraneo, Mita Gourmet, Restaurant Mexico Lindo y Que Rico, Super Burro, RV Park Tripui, Dolores Hair, Loreto Shores RV Park, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Norma's Salon, Singlar, Alacron, Artesanias "Paty", Baja Big Fish Company, Blanket Factory, Compu-Mas Computer Store, Conchita's Curios, Cormorant Dive Shop, Dali Foods, Desportes Blazer, El Caballo Blanco Bookstore, El Pescador Supermercado, Ferre Mar, Grupo Chuco's Ferreteria, Silver Desert Jewelry Store, La Iguana Gift Shop, La Tierra del Opalo, Juan Dominguez Curios Mexico, Marcos Tienda, ModeloRama and RV Tripui, Papeleria Baja Sur, Regalos "Claudia, Tacos Cesar's, Tony's Silver Shop,  Veterinoria Loreto, and Active RV in the U.S.

“AirOps”, “Lost & Found” “Endless Summer” Patty’s Opal”, “Ciao”,  “Tortuga”, “Talien”, Mar Se 2” Casa Blanca” “Mystical”, “Lady Fish”, “Colibrí”, “Peachy”, “Golden Doodle”,  “Viking”, “Topaz”, “Lady Hawk”, “Interlude”, “No Se”, “Cat House”, Alexander Ogilvie, and all the musicians and committee heads.

Loreto Fest 2008 SCHEDULE:

Water Games – Horseshoes – Over the Line - Bocci Ball times to be announced -  Activities are also planned for the Kids.

Daily changes to be announced on VHF - channel 16

    The funds generated at Loreto Fest go to education of the children in the area. HPYC/Loreto Fest last year was able to give donations to all 3 education levels:

Ligui AsistED: The program presently includes running a dormitory (Internado) and providing bus transportation for those high school students that live in the mountain ranches and in Agua Verde, giving supplementary financial support to the high school to run a morning session, and offering economic aid to the students in varying degrees according to their needs.  This year AsistED is helping 25 high school students and 19 college students.

Loreto Internado: 2 students were sponsored. Loreto Internado is a dormitory and grade school for children from the mountains ranches and outlaying areas.

University Loreto: Funds were donated for the higher education of students at the University.

Animalandia: Funds were donated to aid their spaying and neuter program.

This all happens with everyone coming to Loreto Fest to have fun, eating lots of Hot Dogs, baked goodies, buying T-Shirts - etc, and donating items to the Silent auction. Items are needed for the Silent Auction. If you have a special talent, painting, beading, jewelry, arts and craft items, a bottle of wine, or maybe you know of someone who would be interested in donating items from their business, the students would appreciate any and all help.

HPYC is an international recognized Yacht Club with receptacles at other yacht clubs. The Spaghetti Dinner and Pancake breakfast are free to members.

 Chili Cook - Off  2008

This years Loreto Fest will include the third annual chili-cook-off, "The Best of the Bean III". A small donation will allow tasters to sample many fine chilies including some past prize winners. This years cook-off will be held on Friday and start promptly at four, Mexican time. If you feel that your Aunt Bea's secret chili recipe can't be beat or you just fancy the idea of meeting lots of new folks and doing a bit of socializing whip up a small batch, five or six quarts.

Email: hiddenportyachtclub@hotmail.com or “Carlota” Dave K1BGD@yahoo.com  Or give a VHF call to Sunlover or Carlota when you get in the area.

 There will be tortillas to go along with the Chili and for the gastronomically adventurous hot dogs can be had for the ever popular "chili dogs". Pot-Luck deserts will follow negating the need to return to the boat before the local dance troupe begins their show around six.

 Cook off winners will be announced later that evening and their names will be added to the Club's perpetual trophy. As in past years extra attention will be given to entrants with the most creative name/warning label.
 Dave "Carlota"

Singlar: March 2008

The moorings in the harbor are now complete. They have been rebuilt from the block up.

Mooring 40’ and under: ½ chains from block to the top. ¾ “rope from swivel to boat.

Mooring 41’ to 90’: ¾ “chain from block to top - 1” rope from swivel to boat.

7 mooring have 7/8 chain from block to top – 1’ rope from swivel to boat. These are for the larger and heavier boats.

Loreto Fest 2008:

If you have never been to a Loreto Fest, held at Puerto Escondido, it is 4 Days of FUN and MUSIC

Proceeds from Loreto Fest go to the education of children in the area.

The theme is Roman Gods and Goddess for the 12^th Loreto Fest. Dig through the lockers and bodegas for your best Roman dressage.

Loreto Fest Plans 2008:

If you have never been to a Loreto Fest it is 4 Days of FUN - Seeing Old Friends & Meeting New - Lots of Music - and even Seminars to help you enjoy the area more. There is the six islands close by to drop the hook.

Joe and Vicki "Cat House" will be setting the mood for L.F. 2008 naming a theme for this year.

A Chili Cook-Off is planned again this year. Bring your special ingredients to join the fun.  

We also need some committee heads and workers. Committee Heads just organize and find people to help. There has never been a shortage of people wanting to help, so being a Committee Head is OK, you will not have to do all the work. And the great thing is you meet new friends and see old ones.

Committee Heads Needed:

Meal Hostess – Set Up – Clean Up – Sunday Pancake Breakfast – Hot Dogs – 50/50 Draw – Dinghy Dock Security -

 Activity Committee Heads Needed:

Bay Clean Up – (This is how Loreto Fest Started so this is the Most Important part of Loreto Fest) – Bocci Ball – Cabbage Bowling – Dingle Balls – Board Games (Chess – Baja Rummy – Mexican Train – Scrabble – or any others) – Kids Activities -  Music Workshop  - Photographer for a "Photo C.D."

  There is a quit in progress for the silent action. Patty's Opal will be running the Silent Action.

These are the Committee Heads we have so far.

We are looking for anyone wishing to do Seminars and Work Shops. Please contact us if you would like to participate in these. Would anyone like to do a seminar for Single Handler's? At this time thee is going to be a T-Shirt Design work shop,  Seminar for Medical Animal Care on Board, and GPS Hiking Workshop and hike on Monday.

 Musicians: Loreto Fest has come to be the BEST MUSIC FEST in the sea. Come play an instrument, sing, dance and entertain everyone. Put together a skit, the “Grapevine Girls” a couple of years ago had everyone totally amused.

 Please contact us if you would like to do a seminar, workshop, be a committee head or work on a committee, or have any feed back: hiddenportyachtclub@hotmail.com

 Also a heads up if you are planning to attended, this helps us plan the meals. Remember if you are a current paid member of HPYC you receive the Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday night and the Sunday Pancake breakfast free. Also kids under the age of 18 receive membership with parents and are junior members, they receive their meals free also. All this for $10.00 membership!!

Proceeds from Loreto Fest go back into the community for education of the local children, some of the others helped thru the years have been the hospital, handicap school, bicycle club, alcohol/drug center in Loreto, individual locals. There also have been funds for our own community of cruisers when they have had tragedies

Loreto Fest Music 2008:

I think we have managed to recruit a number of musicians who have never played Loreto Fest before. So, we will look forward to that. We hope to have the sound system set up and available for practice and rehearsals in the afternoons at least 10 days before the festival and want to invite musicians and singers to take advantage of that opportunity whenever they can. As far as the festival itself goes, in addition to the several nights of musical performances from the stage, this year we plan to have a couple of acoustic musical jams in the round, one on Thursday and one again on Sunday. Also, on Friday night to open the evening musically we want to do a special segment right after dinner on Sailing Songs and Songs of the Sea. So we ask everyone to sort through their material to dig out a song or two for this part of the program.

Tune up that guitar or fiddle, pull out that songbook, and put on your dancin' shoes. It is time to put the 2008 Loreto Fest and Cruisers' Music Festival on your calendar the first weekend in May, 2008. Whether you like to make music, dance, or just hang out with old and new friends, come and join us in Puerto Escondido for a really good time.

If you would like to participate as a musician contact Michael, sv Ramble on Rose, KI6DYF, mmcn@jps.net 

2007 Loreto Fest Music CD: June 2007

The 2007 Loreto Fest Music CD is now available. The cost is $8 including shipping to the US. This year’s edition is only one disc long as we had a number of technical difficulties.

Send a check to and payable to:

Rick Oliveira  ---  929 Talbot Ave.   ---   Albany CA 94706

When ordering include an address to ship to.

Loreto Fest 2007

If you missed Loreto Fest 2007 you missed out. It  was as good as always meeting new friends, seeing old friends, lots of games, activities, and the greatest music in the Sea.

Thank you to the API  personnel for the use of their grounds and facilities, this area is an ideal location.

Also present and filming this year's L.F. was Darren and the crew from Latitudes and Attitudes.

Music does not get any better than what you find during the four days of L.F. If you are a musician, like to listen, or like to dance you will hear it all. Show and musical director Jim "Priority"  along with sound man Rick "Tortuga", and all the musicians that were on hand to play and/or sing did an outstanding job. Thursday night was a warm up jam session. Friday night the program was "The Blend" Saturday "Rock & Roll - Rhythm & Blues"  Sunday was a open jam. Everyone including all those playing the music had too much fun. The dancers did not want to stop dancing and the musicians did not want to stop playing.

Everyone attending Loreto Fest enjoyed the hot dogs, especially the workers. Thanks to Laine and Peter "Cheerios"  

Thursday: Hors d'oeuvres, happy hour and a jam session was the kick off for the four days.

 Friday: The swap meet took place on the sea wall by the dingy dock. Laine "Cheerios" had coffee and baked goodies to help fortify the swappers. Every year there is more participation and more things being swapped.

Marilyn "Tortuga" held a two day beading workshop on Friday and Sunday. Victoria "Chez Moi", who has taught beading in Mazatlan, attended also.

Friday: The Minnesota Canasta Tournament, Karen "Bella" and Mexican Train Challenge Roberta "Peachy", commenced  followed by two days of some very serious play!!!  Patty Regello and Julie Ramos won the Minnesota Canasta Tournament. (Winner pictures missing)

        Don & Karen "Bella"            Contestants from Loreto    Mexican Train C. Head "Peachy "    Mexican Train Players

Jim "Priority" Basic Guitar Workshop is always well attended.

Dinner, Friday, was the very popular "Chili Cook Off" put together by  committee head Ben "Calliope". There were 9 entries to tantalize the taste buds. Competition was hot and heavy with the competitors "barking out" their chili attributes. And the voted best Chili went to: 1st. Ben "Calliope" 2nd. Paulette - 3rd Roberto.... It was very close for 2nd. and 3rd. place between this Loreto couple. They promise to be back for 2008 both hoping for 1st place.

Winners for the Chili Cook Off and 50/50 winner Don "Bella" were announced before the music  program  "The Blend" started for everyone entertainment.

Saturday:  "Bay Clean Up", this is how  Loreto Fest started and is the main activity each year. It starts from the dinghy dock with  dinghies and some on foot going out through and around the perimeter of the harbor and waiting room. "Charmer" won the "Honorary Clean Up" award when they punched a hole in their dinghy.

Leave a clean wake has always been a motto for HPYC members and guest.

Captain Rick 'Tortuga" held his Mexican Weather seminar while Admiral "Tortuga" Marilyn did a T-Shirt Design workshop.

Dinghy races heads "Cheerios" Peter and Laine The object of the races is to pick up the "baby" a plastic floating bottle and put it in the bucket. "Exodus" Brain and Laurie came in 1st of the slowest but with the most fortitude. 1st -  for the fastest time went to "Daring" Nate and dad. 1st best of the "show" went to "Bitches to Dogs" dogs, BB and Matey "Aristocrat" and "Bagaboundo" when BB jumped into the water to save the bottle, jumped back into the dinghy so it could be placed in the bucket.

What would be Loreto Fest with out horseshoes??   "Charmer" Jack and Caroline outscored John "Chez Moi" and Elvin "Sealover" for 1st.

"Cheerios" Peter and Laine also were the committee heads for Bocci Ball. Hank "Equinox" and Henry "Rapscallion" were fist and Laine "Cheerios" and Rick "Tortuga" finished 2nd.

Saturday night dinner was Spaghetti prepared by a very hard working crew  and committee head   Kenny "Brandywine" 151 diners were served.

Winner of the 50/50 draw for Saturday was "Gato Loco"

Saturday night the "Famous Green T-Shirt" was awarded. This year weather man, Gary WB6PKH, was the recipient  for all the assistance he provides. Gary also has a great 4th of July party each year.

Help I’ve Started Talking and I Can’t Shut Up”.  If you see this message spread across a green tee shirt be sure and go over to meet the wearer who is guaranteed to be a font of information on cruising the Pacific Coast of Mexico and, more importantly, they would love to tell you about it.  Started as a joke by radio “hams” more than a decade ago, the Green Tee has come to be awarded to those hams who have not only been “very” active on the Mexican nets but have also done that extra bit to provide services for their fellow cruisers and local communities.

Past recipients were:KF6GSD, KF6IGY, KJ7IV, KF6IL, K7GZB, KB0RIZ, NT7E, AE7ML, KD6RGV, KC6PXN, KE6KDR, WA5PHO.

Well into its second decade, the “Green Tee” continues to symbolize the active ham community here in mañana land. by Dave (K1BGD) “Carlota”

The Silent Action ended at 7:00 P.M. on Saturday. This year there even was a sailing dinghy in the action. "Lost and Found" Maryann and Ed and helpers "Mar Si II" Dick and Marcia did a first-rate job organizing and displaying all the items auctioned.

Sunday:  Spam has always been the back up and emergency food of cruisers for many many many years.  Marilyn "Tortuga" an expert with her spam high kudos presides over the "Spam Art Contest" (Spam may wear many faces)

Janet "Mystical" demonstrated her artistic abilities with the face painting for all ages. She also painted the "Bikini" gal used for photographs. The pictures of the kayak parade show more of her beautiful work.

Sunday evening was a pot luck dinner followed by the awards ceremonies.

 The Sunday 50/50 winner was Fred "Casa Anuja"

All ages come to participate and enjoy the four days of fun. 

Every year Loreto Fest is dedicated to the memory of a valued and beloved member. This year two were recognized.

This year Med Tying was set up and made available in the Ellipsis for those wishing to drop the hook.

Dingy dock security was headed by "Vela" Bob and Annie "Calliope". Thank you both and your crew watching over the dinghys. 

A special Thank You to those that help organize the fest, planning meals, events, seminars, workshops, bringing in the food items needed, the set up crew and those doing all the behind the scenes running around before and during the fest.  A VERY big Thank You to all the musicians who also devoted countless hours and weeks of time.

Loreto Fest would never happen without the most important ingredient to a great event.      "Everyone comes to have fun and also steps in to help."

Thank You all that came to Loreto Fest 2007. 

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