The surf has been particularly good lately and of course that means the dinghy landings are a bit of a challenge. There are three surf brakes locally. A point break which you need a boat for - hay we have a dinghy! A couple of beach breaks. One is a relaxed break and a lot of paddle boarders surf it. (Do paddle boards rank as surf stuff??) And a more advanced break. There are also towns on the other side of the point that have good surf and a lot of surfers etc.
We took the bus to La Cruz looking for a prop and some other electrical goodies but the chandlery there went out of business and the outboard motor place we found was an out building with a couple of guys working in a junk yard of motors type of thing. No store. We would have needed to bring the prop with us. Next time.
We went to Philo’s in La Cruz and paid for a day of the "Cruisers lounge" to use the phone but we could not get it to work. We were going to call the Honda dealer (outboards) in Puerto Vallarta that we found in the Vallarta Nautica guide but the number did not work. We heard they are still in business so it will take a bus ride to find them.
Note:
The "Cruisers lounge" has since move as Philo’s is gone.
Punta De Mita in Banderas Bay.
Another surf shop. I am looking to get a blow up paddle board I
can also use as a surf board. No luck so far.
Dingy landing.
Where we land the dinghy.
Debbie and I went in yesterday and they were surfing right across the spot where we land our dinghy. Never a good sign. We did OK getting in and we timed it right. The prop slips on our out motor and also I have only a few days practice surf landing the dinghy with the motor on it. The last few days were real easy so I got some good practice.
So no luck with anything but we had a nice free seminar on weather and some storing your boat advice etc at the La Cruz marine. A our way there and back. When we got to the beach in Punta De Mita where our dinghy was it was dark. We had to get out through the surf and it was real hard to see the waves. We were by a jetty and the waves were crashing on the jetty. Not reassuring at all. We did get out and went up and over a good sized wave and made it without getting we or at least not by a wave. I got wet as I was trying to get into the dinghy. My foot got hung up on the seat. Never plan on getting in and out dry 😊
I can see it was small surf that day for a surfer, but for dinghy it's a little different story. You can see why some of those pangas have high bows, as that makes it easier getting out through the small surf.
ReplyDeleteDon
Cool to see those pics! We miss you guys out here, sometimes we can hear you on the VHF but we know our signal does not carry to La Cruz... Email me if you can I have some info for you (i.e. stainless steel) I can't seem to find your email info!
ReplyDeleteYay for dinghy surfing!
p.s. today we dinghy'ed back to the boat with Danny (Cyclades) on the dinghy we had 3 people, a full jug of fuel, a solar panel (yessiree) a sheet of plywood, 4 (FOUR) stacked patio chairs, tiles, groceries, and a bottle of rum! Glad the surf was mild (ish)
Your too funny!
ReplyDeleteJust got a used inflatable paddleboard. It should surf also. Got to get it wet! Will post on it soon.
Will send you an email.