San Carlos

We spend a lovely week at beautiful San Carlos, first anchored off and later, a delightful five days in Marina San Carlos with some of the nice cruisers that we’ve ever met. 



The marina is tucked into a bay within a bay so has very secure and intimate feeling.  When we fist arrived there was a moderate cross wind so we called on the cursers VHF channel and requested help docking.  Some of our new neighbors immediately responded and said that they would be there for us and they were, three capable cruisers helped guide Malo safely into her slip.  

They have an unusual way of hauling boats out at this marina.  They use a big trailer pushed by a tractor and a boat ramp.  Once the boats are hauled out on the trailer they driven a short way down the coastal highway to a yard out in the desert.  True dry storage.  



That’s Malo about six boats in form the end of the dock at the right had side of the above photo.  In the mornings we SUPed around the picturesque harbors surrounding San Carlos.  We also met a wonderful bunch of really nice folks in the marina.  It’s interesting how in some marinas, not all, with the right mix of good folks a flowing community forms and tends to thrive, attracting other like minded sailors.   We had some of our new friends over to Malo for a pot luck dinner one night and then we all went out to a near by Club de Capitanes for music and dancing.  

We also did the usual boat maintenance tasks that need to be done, relaxed, rested and enjoyed ourselves.  Now we are ready for one last sail for this season.  Tomorrow morning we will head to Bahaí San Pedro just up the coast a way for a few days before we head into Guyamas and have Malo hauled out of the water for the hurricane season.