We arrived at the entrance to Topolobampo around 9:30 in the morning. It’s a dog leg channel that has been dredged to 50-60 feet, but you must stay in the channel. We could see breakers just beyond many of the markers and birds sitting on sand bars.
It’s a wide channel, and as you get further in, there are so many pangas (we counted 14 in one spot), that it’s hard to see the markers. Cut one too close and were down to 9 feet.
Finally found the entrance to the marina, of course they were not answering the radio. We could see several sail boats on the dock, so I tried radioing them, but no answer. Finally saw someone on the dock directing us around to the back side of the doc. We were greeted by Lief & Jackie of S/V Dodger Two from Edmonton. We joined them and Bob & Karen S/V RealTime for dinner that evening.
Lots of chores the next day, dishes, defrost the fridge, repair aft head and wash off the salt so we could do laundry. Took a quick walk into town with Jackie, she showed me how to get to the grocery store, a real nice, well stocked Santa Fe. Went for a walk with Don later in the day, and met up with Little Bean, a polio stricken launcha driver who takes people on estuary tours. Will have to try to meet up with him when we return to Topo when we have a little more time.
Our dock mates Ralph and Barbara on m/v Pacific high had noticed how badly scratched and discoloured the windows on our dodger had become. He loaned us his polisher and some 3M polish and within an hour or so, we could see out again !
Went on a sight seeing tour in the afternoon, up the side of the hill, thru some very little pathways, trying to found our way to the mirador (LookOut). We ended up on the roof of a house just above the mirador. |
| View of Topolobampo Harbour from LookOut |
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| Fishing pangas in the bay |
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| Marina Palmira in Topolobompo |
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| Looking back at the Mirador from the Marina |
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