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Roberto

Roberto

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I heard that one plan was to anchor a platform, using drilling rig technology, then service that with an overhead cable tram set up. The tram would carry containers to ferry supplies and well as passenger modules. Much cheaper to build than a pier.
 
Mexico Joe

Mexico Joe

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That bridge would have to be a mile long at least to get into deep enough water, or am I an idiot? That water there looks deeper closer to shore than in RP...
 
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garyd

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jerry said:
Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
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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.
 
jerry

jerry

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garyd said:
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.
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When we get the winds from the South blowing at 20 plus miles per hour it would be quite the walk on the pier
 
Stuart

Stuart

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jerry said:
Gary that thing would have to be 3 times as long at least out by the mayan don't you think?
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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...
 
Stuart

Stuart

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garyd said:
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.
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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 in Penasco.
 
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ernesto

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The Lobos had it down. I went diving at the island many times. Short ride from La Pinta.Sure miss those guys(and especially those girls)
 
Stuart

Stuart

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La Pinta has a nice channel in it; that's why. San Jorge is your basic sand flats. Hey, maybe they'll just dredge a channel into La Pinta. Who cares about a few enviro whack jobs screaming that it's an estuary... money solves all problems!!!

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rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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Stuart said:
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.
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Isn't the area past the Reef RV Park before you get to Pelican Point pretty deep?
 
Stuart

Stuart

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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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rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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Stuart said:
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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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....

I'm sure the condo owners would love to see the Reef RV park area get used for a terminal area, shops, etc
 
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