Ronald Hugh Roberts wrote:
We left Palacious on Labor day of 2004. We were in
slip 53 2/3 rds of the way down the center dock.

My new boat was there when you were there. Like
your boat, it went through Hurricane Claudette
back in July 2003. Here is a NWS link which
mentions a F1 tornado hitting Palacios during the
hurricane. Apparently, it was the first hurricane
to hit Matagorda bay since 1971.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/hgx/projects/claudette03.htm

The people at Serendipity were friendly. Have you
met the deaf South African who solo'd around the
world in a Tartan 38?

I didn't meet him, but while I was in the marina
office he walked by and someone pointed him out
and told me about his circumnavigation.

There's also a canadian
couple who bought a twin Tartan 38 from another
couple who had just sailed around the world.

Sharon Ragle and her husband Dave are in that
marina also. I bought a autographed copy of her
book "The Oceans are Waiting" at the marina
office. They circumnavigated in their 37'yacht
"Tigger".

It surprised me there were such serious sailors
in such a backwater town. Palacios has the
highest unemployment in the state of Texas.

ron

It may be that there are a lot of people there who
don't really want to work. Certainly they are
within driving distance (30 miles) of the big
plants in Bay City and Port Lavaca.

Cheers,

Don W.