Palacios TX Beach Raid
Saturday Oct 11th / 12th, 2003



Pictures from the trip:
Page 1 - setup, and sail out
Page 2 - first group gets to beach
Page 3 - second group gets to beach, leave geocache, futz around
Page 4 - rescue party returns, setup camp
Page 5 - wake up next day, head back


Here are all of the board boat & beach cruising articles I know of.


Next Time :
We had a wonderful time, should definately do this again in mid Sept of 2004. Was thinking that if we built some PDRacers we could sail to the closer peninsula called "Oliver Point" which also has a beach area and a nice cove for anchoring. For pictures of the area see the geocache I left there [click here]

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About the trip:
Group trip to sail small sunfish (and similar) board boats out to a beach and camp there overnights in tents on the shore. OK to bring a bigger boat if you want, just hoping to get the small ones out.
Saturday Oct 11th - meet at launch point sometime around 10am - 11am, and sail 6.5 miles due south from there to the 2nd peninsula.
Setup camp on the beach, sail around, have fun. There are a couple of exposed wrecks shown on the chart, might be fun to go look at them.
Sunday Oct 12th - Sail back when you have to, I'll probably start sailing back around 1pm.


Launch Point:
Launch at the public boat ramp which is 1/2 block west of the Luther Hotel, which is at 408 S Bay Blvd, Palacios, TX 77465. You can use MapQuest to figure how to get there. GPS: N28-41.924 W096-13.111

Directions from Houston: S on I-45, go 30 miles from The Woodlands
S on 59, go 69 miles
L (south) onto TX-71 go 21 miles
slight Right onto TX-35 W. go 12 miles
road curves right, continue for 2 blocks
turn left at 6th Street
ramp is near the south end of 6th street


Map 1 Overall trip route plan
Map 2 Detail of Palacios area, the star is the launch ramp
Map 3 Chart of area we will be sailing in



Who Is Signed Up So Far:
Randy Watkins - Dinghy 10
Shorty - Holder 12 board boat
John and Cedric Cody - Hobie Monocat
Bill Tosh - Sparrow 12
Louis Cisnero - Potter 15
Hugh McKean & Tom - Hunt 5.2
Wayne Yeargain - Montgomery 17



Emergency Numbers:
Local Palacios police direct number: 361-972-2112
I talked to a local police officer, he said that there is hardly any crime there and our cars should be very safe if kept locked up and parked for the night.
Tow Boat U.S. -Port O'Conner- Capt. Steve Pfuntner, mobile- 361-920-0600, VHF 16 -- $450 for a tow !!!!

Note: I was not able to use my cell phone while in the Palacios area, they don't seem to have any Sprint cell towers.