jerry
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Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
I don't know how deep the water was at the dock in Costa Maya but when I was watching them tie up, the bow and stern thrusters were kicking up a lot of mud (sand). I also don't know how much draft a small ship would need.Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
When we get the winds from the South blowing at 20 plus miles per hour it would be quite the walk on the pierI don't know how deep the water was at the dock in Costa Maya but when I was watching them tie up, the bow and stern thrusters were kicking up a lot of mud (sand). I also don't know how much draft a small ship would need.
Miles and miles and miles, Jerry. You can practically walk from La Pinta all the way to San Jorge island at low tide. It's no more than a foot or so deep on sand flats that rise and fall nearly the whole way out there. Years ago, I took a panga out of San Jorge beach. What a nightmare --- they had to tow it out over a mile to even get to water deep enough to float it off the trailer and they got it stuck in small channels in the sand three times while towing it out there. This started at 7:00 am. We didn't even get in the panga to go fishing until nearly noon!! Never again...Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
A typical Carnival type cruise ship drafts 8 meters (about 26 ft). I'm sure the smaller cruise ships are less, but that's about average for most cruise ships. Even at high tide, the harbor in Penasco (or the channel into it) is nowhere near that deep. Maybe 19 ft. in a couple places from what I've seen on my sounder.I don't know how deep the water was at the dock in Costa Maya but when I was watching them tie up, the bow and stern thrusters were kicking up a lot of mud (sand). I also don't know how much draft a small ship would need.
Isn't the area past the Reef RV Park before you get to Pelican Point pretty deep?A typical Carnival type cruise ship drafts 8 meters (about 26 ft). I'm sure the smaller cruise ships are less, but that's about average for most cruise ships. Even at high tide, the harbor in Penasco (or the channel into it) is nowhere near that deep. Maybe 19 ft. in a couple places from what I've seen on my sounder.
Regardless of whether they build a pier or a tram, they're going to have to do some serious dredging to get the ships close enough to shore for onboarding/offboarding and supply operations most anywhere along the coast.
I dive out there and it get to 30 feet quickly. I hope they put it in someone else's back yard.Isn't the area past the Reef RV Park before you get to Pelican Point pretty deep?
The hole is still there, but I'm sure with the winds and blowing sand, it's filled in somewhat. I recall that the plan was to dig a channel thru there to go to Cholla Bay....It does deepen up at the northern end of Sandy Beach, yes. I used to troll Rapalas from there around the point over to Cholla and back, but that area is also pretty rocky with some large boulders and rock outcroppings strategically placed here and there. Maybe that's what they were surveying. You'd have to think that would be a prime location so that all the condo dwellers could have the added ambiance of watching the cruise ships park in their front yard.
By the way, I haven't been by it in awhile, so I don't know, but has the big pit they dug for the new marina filled back in with sand yet? Only a matter of time and sand actually moves pretty quick!
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Maybe the owners of Wrecked at the Reef know something? That was huge pile of money used to remodel the place from the old Reef Bar!Time to set up The Palapa Cantina to serve the visitors on Pinto Point.
Why do you think they invested there???????????? Maybe a clueMaybe the owners of Wrecked at the Reef know something? That was huge pile of money used to remodel the place from the old Reef Bar!