30 minutes later… We’ve got the light and tides seem to be bottomed out. Tide still heading out and still not enough light to make our safe exit. Is it the same here? We pull 40′ of our anchor rode in helping a little. San Carlos tides have turned and should be heading in. Alarms go off and we have rotated with winds now from the north and only have 2.9′ under us (at least that’s what the depth indicators says). Frankie wants to tow it back to Cholla and make a flower planter out of it 🙂 Spades games are running later each night.Ĥ:30 AM. There’s an abandoned panga on the beach in front of us. It’s a new moon and we’re not sure we will have enough water for tonight’s low tide. We take anchor in the second bay from the point that’s listed in the cruising guides in 8′ of water. Looks like it’s been there a while, although there’s still nets on her? < This shimper reck lies near the point of the south bay. It’s shallow and lots of it dries at low tides. The south bay has an estuary much like Cholla Bay. We’re out 2 miles and in 16′ feet of water. A little wet and 2 trips back to the boat, we’re off to anchor in the south Kino anchorage with protection from these south winds.Ĭynthia takes her turn at the helm. Swells are running directly on the beach at 1-2′ making our beach landing a little extra challenging. Cynthia shot a video of the landing that I can add later. It’s getting a fresh glass coat on her keel for future high speed landings. You can see the boat tipped in the back ground. They approach going like hell and slide the boat about 15′ above the surf line. One of the interesting practices the ponga fisherman use here is their high speed beach landings through the surf. We will need to get more details so we might link up in the future. Not knowing where, we listened closely to the radio as we made the pass down the beach but never received a call. Our new friends that caught the yellow tail and shared it with us in El Burro have a place here. Houses range from very modest to grand casas like the one below. We’ve not used much gas since we’ve sailed only with light motor or no motors so far in this leg. Wind is perfect as we arrive at the north end of New Kino and sail the entire beach to Old Kino were we can hit the store.

Not many of the houses appear open so many may have gone home for the summer already. Kino Bay has an eight mile beach front with homes, condos & RV parks and is a winter visitor destination. Stark contrast from yesterday as we lounge on the foredeck sailing at 4kts. Kino is 18 miles to our east and an easy reach across the channel with light morning breeze from the south. Today’s the day we head to Kino Bay to get a few supplies (mainly ice) before we head south towards San Carlos.

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