[Rhodes22-list] The Sea of Cortez
William E. Wickman
wewickman at duke-energy.com
Sat Jun 11 13:11:51 EDT 2005
Chris,
I'm looking forward to the story and pictures!!! Good Luck.
Bill W.
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I've been a bit busy and kinda of quiet, but like William, I too have an
itch thats gota be scratched. I'll be trailering my 1983 down to Bay of
Angles about a third of the way down Baja California on the Sea of Cortez
side. I'll be going down with a fellow teacher who will be towing his
Ranger 23 and has done this trip several times.
My Brother and I will then take a leasurly 250 mile sail south to Loreto
where he will fly back to the states and My wife will fly in a few days
later. We will then sail north for a couple of weeks and meet our 22 year
old son in Bay of Angles where after a few days overlap we'll take his car
and he and his 3 friends will sail the boat around the Islands and
(hopefully) bring the truck and boat up in a couple of weeks.
Lots of lists and $ still to do in the next week but It is going to happen.
I will endevor to provide the list with the vicarious sailing everyone has
provided each other in the past. And yes I'll take lots of digital pics,
never can have too many. I'm afraid that there are only 3 towns along the
way, the rest is esentially uninhabitated desert so marinas and B&B with
computer hookups will be hard to find. I should be back by mid to late
July
and will send out some stuff then!
Chris G
Medford OR
SV Enosis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Favorite cruising areas
> Joseph,
>
> This is exactly what I need to know! Thank you. I've driven through
> the Keys innumerable times over the past 50 years, and watched them (and
> the roads and bridges) change. I've chartered boats and gone out on
> both the Atlantic and Gulf sides. I've snorkeled at Pennekamp, and I
> love it. But I've never put it all together with my own boat, which,
> because our home waters are spectacular, has remained something of a
> home body.
>
> We stay with a friend in Coconut Grove who is within walking distance of
> Dinner Key Marina (Brad--Original base for Pan Am's flying boats--by the
> way, who else has ever had one of those things land ((is that the right
> term in this instance?)) over them while sailing? Scary!) and every time
> we go there I wonder why I didn't bring my boat.
>
> Armed with this additional information, maybe I'll make it this year.
> Everyone else on this list has heard that before, but maybe, just
maybe...
>
> Thanks again. Any other recent experiences with marinas and facilities
> will be appreciated.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> J Cook wrote:
>
> >I have made several trips to the Keys. We go to Brachia Honda State
Park,
and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. We've also been to the Everglades
National Park a few times, but with a 16 foot Gheenoe and a 25 foot motor
cruiser. The were all great, but the Everglade is VERY BUGGY during the
summer.
> >
> >If you like to snorkel or scuba, Pennekamp is great. A nice little
marina, moorings and campsites are available. Bahia Honda didn't have
official mooring grounds when we were there last, but they do have some
nice
cabins.
> >
> >Reservations at Bahia Honda campground are tough to get. They start
taking reservations a year in advance and, especially for popular dates,
they fill up within an hour or two of opening their phone lines in the
morning. We haven't had any problem getting into the marina though. It's
tucked back in and very well protected.
> >
> >Pennekamp has been less crowded for some reason. And the coral reefs
there are terrific. We stayed in the marina, but it looked like there were
plenty of protected places available for mooring out. It's been a two
years
since I've been there, so I would give the park a call concerning rules
etc.
> >
> >I can't personally say what summer sailing is like down there. But
around Christmas and Easter we enjoyed it. The weather is usually pretty
nice then, but you can hit some rain and cool temps, which we have a time
or
two, but it was still great.
> >
> >There are plenty of private parks, marinas etc. but be certain if it is
on the Gulf or the Atlantic side. There are some low bridges and getting
from one side to the other may take a little doing. We especially like the
Atlantic side, weather permitting, because clear water is fairly near
shore.
On either side, careful navigation is important because of the shallows. I
would love to do more exploring down there myself.
> >
> >Joseph
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill Effros<mailto:bill at effros.com>
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 12:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Favorite cruising areas
> >
> >
> > Joseph,
> >
> > My plan to someday trailer down to the Keys has become something of a
> > bad joke, like the Cubs winning the World Series, still, any
information
> > you could provide would be welcome, and will surely go into my
personal
FAQ.
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> > J Cook wrote:
> >
> > >We're from the Gainesville area. We just pulled our boat out from the
St John's River, which is nice during the winter but I don't like it as
much
during the summer. She (our boat) spent last hurricane season moored out
in
the middle of our pasture. But we may be able to make a run for it this
year.
> > >
> > >We've trailered her to the Keys from here a couple of times. That's
a
full day's drive for us. Towing isn't my favorite part of boating, but even
if I take it slow and easy, is sure does boost the hull speed.
> > >
> > >I've just been having fantasies about some cooler weather of late.
> > >
> > >Joseph
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Robert
Quinn<mailto:rjquinn at bellsouth.net<mailto:rjquinn at bellsouth.net>>
> > > To: The Rhodes 22 mail
list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:57 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Favorite cruising areas
> > >
> > >
> > > J: Is this the J from the Pensacola area? I think you are just
running
> > > from the storm brewing to the south of us. Kathy and I were
supposed to
> > > head down to Marathon today for a week but we cancelled out.
> > >
> > > Ten Mile, TN looks real nice.
> > >
> > > Bob and Kathy on the "NoKaOi"
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "J Cook"
<joscook at msn.com<mailto:joscook at msn.com<mailto:joscook at msn.com<
mailto:joscoo
k at msn.com>>>
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
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> > > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 5:39 PM
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Favorite cruising areas
> > >
> > >
> > > Just wondering, what might be some ideas or favorite places for
extended
> > > vacationing with the R22 that our list members may have. Maybe
some
> > > favorite areas with good moorings, throwing in a nice B&B or hotel
once in a
> > > while and some good restaurants. It's getting a little warm down
here in
> > > Florida, and I was thinking about towing up a few degrees to the
north.
> > >
> > > Joseph
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