Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico

Hankthelank · 31-10-2008, 09:03

Hi,

Has anybody sailed, or have any information about this area? I think I am being transferred there for work, and was hoping to sail my boat there from Seabrook, TX. Wondering about mooring or marinas.
Thanks for you help!
Hank

Cheechako · 31-10-2008, 09:15

I dont know of any secure anchorages for storm season, but maybe someone here does.....

svHyLyte · 01-11-2008, 09:10

Hank--

Try an aerial search with Google Earth. I did just for a few minutes and only saw one location that might have been a recreational marina, near the airport on the bay side of the island. It does look like an interesting area, and it would seem you might be able to find some places in the mangrove lined estuaries to secure the yacht during the storms that sweep through each year. I think I'd spend some time there before taking the yacht down, however.

I make it about 685 miles (nautical) from Houston which would likely take you about 6 days on a relatively smaller yacht.

Good Luck!

s/v HyLyte

**GordMay** · 05-11-2008, 03:02

Ciudad del Carmen from the “Mexico Handbook” ~ by Patrick Maher & Sarah Cameron

Goto page 295:

Mexico Handbook: The Travel Guide - Google Book Search

Hankthelank · 14-11-2008, 03:32

thanks for your posts! work might be sending me to orange, tx instead. think hurricane ike destroyed all their marinas.

31-10-2008, 09:03	#1
Hankthelank Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Boat: Columbia 8.7m, Rol'n Rose Posts: 29	Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico Hi, Has anybody sailed, or have any information about this area? I think I am being transferred there for work, and was hoping to sail my boat there from Seabrook, TX. Wondering about mooring or marinas. Thanks for you help! Hank

01-11-2008, 09:10	#3
svHyLyte Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, USA Boat: Beneteau First 42 Posts: 608 Images: 10	Hank-- Try an aerial search with Google Earth. I did just for a few minutes and only saw one location that might have been a recreational marina, near the airport on the bay side of the island. It does look like an interesting area, and it would seem you might be able to find some places in the mangrove lined estuaries to secure the yacht during the storms that sweep through each year. I think I'd spend some time there before taking the yacht down, however. I make it about 685 miles (nautical) from Houston which would likely take you about 6 days on a relatively smaller yacht. Good Luck! s/v HyLyte __________________ "It is not so much for its beauty that the sea makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from the waves, that so wonderfully renews a weary spirit."

05-11-2008, 03:02	#4
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,731 Images: 232	Ciudad del Carmen from the “Mexico Handbook” ~ by Patrick Maher & Sarah Cameron Goto page 295: Mexico Handbook: The Travel Guide - Google Book Search __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

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31-10-2008, 09:15	#2
Cheechako Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 369	I dont know of any secure anchorages for storm season, but maybe someone here does.....

14-11-2008, 03:32	#5
Hankthelank Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Boat: Columbia 8.7m, Rol'n Rose Posts: 29	thanks for your posts! work might be sending me to orange, tx instead. think hurricane ike destroyed all their marinas.