Puerto Penasco Dock-All Stop
Nothing happening there right now, work has stopped. :) Word is no one is getting paid & they have to find a new source for the stone.
Forum Discussion
OK don't get offended here.
The Port Project makes sense in the cruising world for many reasons, here are some from a different perspective.
#1 this is a Home Port. It is the only Home Port from San Diego to Venezuela. It is close to the border and yes Sky Harbor Intl airport in Phoenix as well as Tucson Intl airport are only 4 hours away by an easy drive. It is conceivable that some traffic will be generated by the strategic location of the port. So you are in Ohio, you see an advertisement for a cruise in the Upper sea of Cortes' (the worlds aquarium) you love cruising so you book a trip, you fly into Phx a couple days before, you hop one of the many shuttles that will be created by this venture and come down to Puerto Peñasco a day or two and stay in a luxo condo or super nice Hotel on Sandy Beach (regardless of a previous post many many people already love coming here)you hop on the ship and set sail for a 5-7-10 day sea of Cortes' super cool float. You are feeling rewarded when you come back to Peñasco and vow to return in the future.
Or the most likely scenario.....you live in Guadalajara, or Monterrey, or Mexico City, or Tijuana, or Queretaro, or any of the other fabulous cities of Mexico. You have always wanted to sail the sea of Cortes'. You want to take your whole family.
Now you are able to realize this dream because there is a home Port on the Sea which resides in your home country. Never before could you have sailed because in order to do so you would have to go through all of the red tape and delays associated with obtaining a US visa so you could then board a boat in the USA so then you could sail in your home countries water.... and there is never a guarantee that the USA will give you the travel visas anyway.
So you book a trip and fly directly into Puerto Peñasco into the new Intl airport. You take the 30 trip to Sandy Beach waiting to get on the ship. Sounds like a plan to me.
We are full time resident of Mexico and we are invited to sail on the first trip in a few years and you better bet we will be on it. I have never sailed before and I really want to do this trip.
This is a great thing in a great place in the world.
The Port Project makes sense in the cruising world for many reasons, here are some from a different perspective.
#1 this is a Home Port. It is the only Home Port from San Diego to Venezuela. It is close to the border and yes Sky Harbor Intl airport in Phoenix as well as Tucson Intl airport are only 4 hours away by an easy drive. It is conceivable that some traffic will be generated by the strategic location of the port. So you are in Ohio, you see an advertisement for a cruise in the Upper sea of Cortes' (the worlds aquarium) you love cruising so you book a trip, you fly into Phx a couple days before, you hop one of the many shuttles that will be created by this venture and come down to Puerto Peñasco a day or two and stay in a luxo condo or super nice Hotel on Sandy Beach (regardless of a previous post many many people already love coming here)you hop on the ship and set sail for a 5-7-10 day sea of Cortes' super cool float. You are feeling rewarded when you come back to Peñasco and vow to return in the future.
Or the most likely scenario.....you live in Guadalajara, or Monterrey, or Mexico City, or Tijuana, or Queretaro, or any of the other fabulous cities of Mexico. You have always wanted to sail the sea of Cortes'. You want to take your whole family.
Now you are able to realize this dream because there is a home Port on the Sea which resides in your home country. Never before could you have sailed because in order to do so you would have to go through all of the red tape and delays associated with obtaining a US visa so you could then board a boat in the USA so then you could sail in your home countries water.... and there is never a guarantee that the USA will give you the travel visas anyway.
So you book a trip and fly directly into Puerto Peñasco into the new Intl airport. You take the 30 trip to Sandy Beach waiting to get on the ship. Sounds like a plan to me.
We are full time resident of Mexico and we are invited to sail on the first trip in a few years and you better bet we will be on it. I have never sailed before and I really want to do this trip.
This is a great thing in a great place in the world.
