gringorio
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'Beach' doesn't always means sand...
Here's one for the kayakers. I knew this going in, but it's always good to remember that a 'beach' doesn't always mean fine white sand and palapas
for shade. None-the-less still beautiful, but not a beach to land on in a strong on-shore wind. 
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Or that...
Its an easy beach to land a sea kayak on...
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Barry A.
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"Beach" landings with a boat------
I have provided land based logistics for several kayakers in the Sea of Cortez over the years, and they have always told me that the landings are the
most hairy part of the whole trip, and where the most accidents happen. Your pics outline how that can be----think high onshore winds, waves,
coupled with rocks on shore----not good.
Even with power boats it can be a major problem. I always carry two anchors, one up forward and the other aft, with plenty of 3/8" nylon line on both
anchors. When approaching a bad coast with bad conditions I always drop my forward anchor first about 50 yards off shore, then killing the engine and
tilting it up out of harms way, and slowly let the wind back the boat towards shore, snubbing the anchor line off when the boat is still about 25 feet
offshore (behind the wave break), and then I wade ashore. This way I can wait for more favorable conditions before actually trying to "beach" the
boat. The boat will ride indeffinitely at the point you snubbed off the anchor line, keeping it off the beach, and safe. You can carry the second
anchor ashore as you wade in, burying it on the beach, and this way keep your boat from being blown out to sea if the wind shifts to offshore, which
it usually does, eventually.
This technique is especially handy when landing on islands, or beaches, temporarily. Keeps your boat from being beat to death on the rocks. When there
are big waves, you have to keep it outside the shore break, and just swim back and forth from boat to shore, and vice-versa.
Just my ideas, which have served me well.
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gringorio
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Cool Barry, thanks for the input. In the second photo I was dumped and nearly rolled in my kayak when I landed on that beach. The c-ckpit filled
with water and things would have washed away if not for the lanyards. I agree, it's the rough beach landings that really worried me. Waves crashing
on a beach can be deceiving and there's no fighting them for sure!
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eetdrt88
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gringorio....
your pictures are quite good...they give you the feeling that you are standing right there where they were taken....by the way where were they taken?
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Barry
Good advice.
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Bruce R Leech
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it is just Big sand
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Debra
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Gringorio:
Is that second picture Bahia de Los Angeles? It looks like south of the village before Camp Gecko.
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gringorio
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hola Debra,
The second photo was taken near a campo named Los Delfines near las islas encantadas. I can probably find the Lat/Lon coordinates if you'd like them.
Not BLA, but a beautiful place in its own right... 
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Gringorio:
Is that second picture Bahia de Los Angeles? It looks like south of the village before Camp Gecko. |
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Debra
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Thanks, but I'm too young for lat/lon and too old for GPS.....how about which page I might find it in the Baja Almanac? I loaned out my quick reference guide "Baja Camping" Fred and Gloria Jones
Thanks.....Debra
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gringorio
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Cinco Islas
hi Debra,
Hopefully the quality of the scan from Baja Almanac will come out OK. The photo was taken about 1/2 mile south of campo 'Cinco Islas' where I have
the note 'Agustino owner' with the arrow. It's a beautiful area...
gringorio
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Thanks, but I'm too young for lat/lon and too old for GPS.....how about which page I might find it in the Baja Almanac? I loaned out my quick reference guide "Baja Camping" Fred and Gloria Jones
Thanks.....Debra |
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Debra
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Thanks, I found it.
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